SgrA, a nidogen-binding LPXTG surface adhesin implicated in biofilm formation, and EcbA, a collagen binding MSCRAMM, are two novel adhesins of hospital-acquired Enterococcus faecium

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5097-5106

  Hendrickx, Antoni P A ^a   Van Luit Asbroek, Miranda ^a   Schapendonk, Claudia M E ^a   Van Wamel, Willem J B ^b   Braat, Johanna C ^a   Wijnands, Lucas M ^c   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; ENTACTIN; FIBRINOGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN ECBA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN SGRA; MESSENGER RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN MICROBIAL SURFACE COMPONENTS RECOGNIZING ADHESIVE MATRIX MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACM GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; KIDNEY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCM GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLLAGEN; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70350458714     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00275-09     Document Type: Article

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