Rot is a key regulator of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 388-404

  Mootz, Joe M ^a   Benson, Meredith A ^b   Heim, Cortney E ^c   Crosby, Heidi A ^a   Kavanaugh, Jeffrey S ^a   Dunman, Paul M ^d   Kielian, Tammy ^c   Torres, Victor J ^b   Horswill, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR OF TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ROT PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84926406987     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12943     Document Type: Article

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