Drosophila Host Model Reveals New Enterococcus faecalis Quorum-Sensing Associated Virulence Factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Teixeira, Neuza ^a,b,c   Varahan, Sriram ^d   Gorman, Matthew J ^d,g   Palmer, Kelli L ^b,h   Zaidman Remy, Anna ^c   Yokohata, Ryoji ^e   Nakayama, Jiro ^e   Hancock, Lynn E ^d   Jacinto, António ^c   Gilmore, Michael S ^b   de Fátima Silva Lopes, Maria ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BACTERIOCIN EF1097; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

1351 GENE; 1352 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EF1097 GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FSR GENE; GELE GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOST; IRGAB GENE; LYTRS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPRE GENE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MALE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84878448787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064740     Document Type: Article

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