Role of spx in biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-160

  Wang, Chongzhen ^a   Fan, Jiajia ^a   Niu, Chen ^a   Wang, Chuan ^a   Villaruz, Amer E ^b   Otto, Michael ^b   Gao, Qian ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; ClpP protease; SPX; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIAMIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEINASE; SPX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEFICIENCY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77953558222     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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