Role for the fibrinogen-binding proteins Coagulase and Efb in the Staphylococcus aureus-Candida interaction

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 230-238

  Fehrmann, Carsten ^a   Jurk, Kerstin ^a,b   Bertling, Anne ^a   Seidel, Gabriela ^a   Fegeler, Wolfgang ^a   Kehrel, Beate E ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Becker, Karsten ^a   Heilmann, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida sp.; Coagulase; Efb; Mixed species biofilms; Phage display library; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; DNA FRAGMENT; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN BINDING PROTEIN COAGULASE; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INTERACTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPSONIZATION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PHAGEMID; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84891372679     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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