The Staphylococcus aureus LytSR two-component regulatory system affects biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4767-4775

  Sharma Kuinkel, Batu K ^a   Mann, Ethan E ^a   Ahn, Jong Sam ^a   Kuechenmeister, Lisa J ^a   Dunman, Paul M ^a   Bayles, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; RNA; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; LYTSR GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67749132540     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00348-09     Document Type: Article

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