SarA negatively regulates Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation by modulating expression of 1MDa extracellular matrix binding protein and autolysis-dependent release of eDNA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 394-410

  Christner, Martin ^a   Heinze, Constanze ^a   Busch, Michael ^a   Franke, Gefion ^a   Hentschke, Moritz ^a   Bayard Dühring, Sara ^b   Büttner, Henning ^a   Kotasinska, Marta ^a   Wischnewski, Victoria ^a   Kroll, Gesche ^a   Buck, Friedrich ^a   Molin, Soeren ^b   Otto, Michael ^c   Rohde, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLE PROTEIN; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BINDING PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BINDING PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; SEPA PROTEIN; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSON;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84867482676     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08203.x     Document Type: Article

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