Molecular determinants of staphylococcal biofilm dispersal and structuring

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Le, Katherine Y ^a,b   Dastgheyb, Sana ^a,c   Ho, Trung V ^a,d   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Medical devices; Phenol soluble modulins; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FORMYLPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; NUCLEASE; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN; PROTEINASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM DISSEMINATION; CATHETER INFECTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84915779732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00167     Document Type: Review

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