Molecular analysis of the Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm-associated protein

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6535-6543

  Sharon Goh, H M ^a,d   Beatson, Scott A ^a   Totsika, Makrina ^a   Moriel, Danilo G ^a   Phan, Minh Duy ^a   Szubert, Jan ^a   Runnegar, Naomi ^b   Sidjabat, Hanna E ^c   Paterson, David L ^b,c   Nimmo, Graeme R ^b,c   Lipman, Jeffrey ^a,b   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOFILM FORMATION; CLINICAL ISOLATES; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; WESTERN-BLOT ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANES; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

STRAIN;

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; BIOFILM; CLONE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOFILM; BIOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUEENSLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886874065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01402-13     Document Type: Article

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