Functional genomics of enterococcus faecalis: Multiple novel genetic determinants for biofilm formation in the core genome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2806-2814

  Ballering, Katie S ^a   Kristich, Christopher J ^a,c   Grindle, Suzanne M ^a   Oromendia, Ana ^a,d   Beattie, David T ^b,e   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b AVANT Immunotherapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST;

EID: 65249083873     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01688-08     Document Type: Article

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