Increased Mutability of Staphylococci in Biofilms as a Consequence of Oxidative Stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Ryder, Victoria J ^a   Chopra, Ian ^a   O'Neill, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANKTON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UPREGULATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUPIROCIN; MUTATION RATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84868125252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047695     Document Type: Article

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