Staphylococcus epidermidis surfactant peptides promote biofilm maturation and dissemination of biofilm-associated infection in mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 238-248

  Wang, Rong ^a,b   Khan, Burhan A ^a,f   Cheung, Gordon Y C ^a   Bach, Thanh Huy L ^a   Jameson Lee, Max ^a,e   Kong, Kok Fai ^a,d   Queck, Shu Y ^a,c   Otto, Michael ^a  

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

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS SURFACTANT PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 78650936420     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI42520     Document Type: Article

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