Large-scale screening of a targeted enterococcus faecalis mutant library identifies envelope fitness factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Rigottier Gois, Lionel ^a   Alberti, Adriana ^a,j   Houel, Armel ^a   Taly, Jean François ^b   Palcy, Philippe ^a   Manson, Janet ^c,k   Pinto, Daniela ^d   Matos, Renata C ^d   Carrilero, Laura ^e   Montero, Natalia ^e   Tariq, Muhammad ^f   Karsens, Harma ^f   Repp, Christian ^g   Kropec, Andrea ^g   Budin Verneuil, Aurélie ^h   Benachour, Abdellah ^h   Sauvageot, Nicolas ^h   Bizzini, Alain ^h,l   Gilmore, Michael S ^c   Bessières, Philippe ^b   Kok, Jan ^f   Huebner, Johannes ^g   Lopes, Fatima ^d,i   Gonzalez Zorn, Bruno ^e   Hartke, Axel ^h   Serror, Pascale ^a   more..

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^j CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

^k NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPOLYMER; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLASMID DNA; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OPSONIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GENE INSERTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEAT SHOCK; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPSONOPHAGOCYTOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TARGETING; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TESTING; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; MUTATION; OPSONIN PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 83455162520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029023     Document Type: Article

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