Use of recombinase-based in vivo expression technology to characterize enterococcus faecalis gene expression during infection identifies in vivo-expressed antisense rnas and implicates the protease eep in pathogenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 539-549

  Frank, Kristi L ^a   Barnes, Aaron M T ^a   Grindle, Suzanne M ^a   Manias, Dawn A ^a   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a,b   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; EEP PROTEASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINASE BASED IN VIVO EXPRESSION TECHNOLOGY;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINASES; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84857161122     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05964-11     Document Type: Article

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