LuxS mediates iron-dependent biofilm formation, competence, and fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4550-4558

  Trappetti, Claudia ^a   Potter, Adam J ^a   Paton, Adrienne W ^a   Oggioni, Marco R ^b   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEFEROXAMINE; DNA; IRON; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM FORMATION; CELL LEVEL; FRATRICIDE; IRON CHELATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DNA TRANSFORMATION COMPETENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 80855157164     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05644-11     Document Type: Article

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