The eukaryotic-type serine/threonine protein kinase stk is required for biofilm formation and virulence in Staphylococcus epidermidis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Qian ^a   Fan, Jiajia ^a   Niu, Chen ^a   Wang, Decheng ^a   Wang, Jianping ^a   Wang, Xing ^a   Villaruz, Amer E ^b   Li, Min ^a   Otto, Michael ^b   Gao, Qian ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTIC TYPE PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PURINE METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80053100648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025380     Document Type: Article

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