Quantitative PCR analysis of genes expressed during biofilm development of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-112

  Atshan, Salman Sahab ^a,b   Shamsudin, Mariana Nor ^a   Karunanidhi, Arunkumar ^a   van Belkum, Alex ^c   Lung, Leslie Than Thian ^a   Sekawi, Zamberi ^a   Nathan, Jayakayatri Jeevajothi ^a   Ling, King Hwa ^a   Seng, Johnson Shueh Chong ^a   Ali, Alreshidi Mateg ^a   Abduljaleel, Salwa A ^b   Hamat, Rukman Awang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^c La Balme Microbiology Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Biofilm; Biofilm related gene expression; QPCR; SEM; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CLUMPING FACTOR B; ELASTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN A; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN B; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADHESION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM RELATED GENE EXPRESSION; QPCR; SEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUSAUREUS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879395074     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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