Rbf promotes biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus via repression of icaR, a negative regulator of icaADBC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6363-6373

  Cue, David ^a   Lei, Mei G ^a   Luong, Thanh T ^a   Kuechenmeister, Lisa ^b   Dunman, Paul M ^b   O'Donnell, Sinead ^c   Rowe, Sarah ^c   O'Gara, James P ^c   Lee, Chia Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ICAADBC GENE; ICAR GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RBF GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UP-REGULATION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70350459998     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00913-09     Document Type: Article

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