Evaluation of the type I signal peptidase as antibacterial target for biofilm-associated infections of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3719-3729

  Bockstael, Katrijn ^a   Geukens, Nick ^a,b   Van Mellaert, Lieve ^a   Herdewijn, Piet ^a   Anné, Jozef ^a   Van Aerschot, Arthur ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARYLOMYCIN A2; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE I; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE II; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI LEPB; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BIOFILMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 70450284277     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.031765-0     Document Type: Article

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