ace, which encodes an adhesin in Enterococcus faecalis, is regulated by Ers and is involved in virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2832-2839

  Lebreton, Francois ^a   Riboulet Bisson, Eliette ^a   Serror, Pascale ^b   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^c   Posteraro, Brunella ^c   Torelli, Riccardo ^c   Hartke, Axel ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Giard, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILE SALT; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACE; PROTEIN ERS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KIDNEY; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650066618     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01218-08     Document Type: Article

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