Role of mprF1 and mprF2 in the pathogenicity of enterococcus faecalis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bao, Yinyin ^a,b   Sakinc, Tuerkan ^a   Laverde, Diana ^a   Wobser, Dominique ^a   Benachour, Abdellah ^b   Theilacker, Christian ^a   Hartke, Axel ^b   Huebner, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; NISIN; POLYMYXIN B; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; MPRF1 GENE; MPRF2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE DELETION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84862496074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038458     Document Type: Article

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