Staphylococcus epidermidis agr quorum-sensing system: Signal identification, cross talk, and importance in colonization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3482-3493

  Olson, Michael E ^a   Todd, Daniel A ^b   Schaeffer, Carolyn R ^c   Paharik, Alexandra E ^a   Van Dyke, Michael J ^a   Bu¨ttner, Henning ^e   Dunman, Paul M ^d   Rohde, Holger ^e   Cech, Nadja B ^b   Fey, Paul D ^c   Horswill, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; AGRD PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SWINE;

EID: 84907011924     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01882-14     Document Type: Article

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