Pilin and sortase residues critical for endocarditis- and biofilm-associated pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4484-4495

  Nielsen, Hailyn V ^a   Flores Mireles, Ana L ^a   Kau, Andrew L ^a   Kline, Kimberly A ^a,c   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; DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; PILIN; PROTEIN SECA; SORTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION;

EID: 84885467411     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00451-13     Document Type: Article

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