Bicarbonate enhances expression of the endocarditis and biofilm associated pilus locus, ebpR-ebpABC, in Enterococcus faecalis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bourgogne, Agathe ^a,b   Thomson, L Charlene ^a,b   Murray, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL RNA; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL COUNT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MURINAE; RATTUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 77249118227     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-17     Document Type: Article

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