Multiple roles for Enterococcus faecalis glycosyltransferases in biofilm-associated antibiotic resistance, cell envelope integrity, and conjugative transfer

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4094-4105

  Dale, Jennifer L ^a   Cagnazzo, Julian ^a   Phan, Chi Q ^a   Barnes, Aaron M T ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DAPTOMYCIN; EPAI ENZYME; EPAOX ENZYME; FSRA ENZYME; FSRC ENZYME; GEIE ENZYME; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LINEZOLID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BILE ACID; DETERGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSPOSON; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DETERGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84931281626     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00344-15     Document Type: Article

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