The metal ion-dependent adhesion site motif of the Enterococcus faecalis EbpA pilin mediates pilus function in catheter-associated urinary tract infection

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Nielsen, Hailyn V ^a   Guiton, Pascale S ^a   Kline, Kimberly A ^a,c   Port, Gary C ^a   Pinkner, Jerome S ^a   Neiers, Fabrice ^a,d   Normark, Staffan ^b   Henriques Normark, Birgitta ^b   Caparon, Michael G ^a   Hultgren, Scott J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN EBPA; PROTEIN EBPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; METAL; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBPA GENE; EBPB GENE; EBPC GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; C57BL MOUSE; CATHETER; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84865776232     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00177-12     Document Type: Article

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