Role for the A domain of unprocessed accumulation-associated protein (Aap) in the attachment phase of the Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm phenotype

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4268-4275

  Conlon, Brian P ^a,b   Geoghegan, Joan A ^c   Waters, Elaine M ^d   McCarthy, Hannah ^b   Rowe, Sarah E ^a,b   Davies, Julia R ^e   Schaeffer, Carolyn R ^d   Foster, Timothy J ^c   Fey, Paul D ^d   O'Gara, James P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84914133394     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01946-14     Document Type: Article

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