The two-component signal transduction system ArlRS regulates Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation in an ica-dependent manner

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Yang ^a   Wang, Jiaxue ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Liu, Jingran ^a   Yu, Wenqi ^b   Lou, Qiang ^a   Zhu, Tao ^a   He, Nianan ^c   Ben, Haijing ^a   Hu, Jian ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^b   Qu, Di ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARLRS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ICAA GENE; ICAB GENE; ICAC GENE; ICAD GENE; ICAR GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; RABBIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARA GENE; SIGB GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84864403736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040041     Document Type: Article

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