The Enterococcus faecalis EbpA pilus protein: Attenuation of expression, biofilm formation, and adherence to fibrinogen start with the rare initiation codon ATT

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Montealegre, Maria Camila ^a,b   La Rosa, Sabina Leanti ^c   Roh, Jung Hyeob ^a   Harvey, Barrett R ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENDOCARDITIS AND BIOFILM ASSOCIATED PILI A; ENDOCARDITIS AND BIOFILM ASSOCIATED PILI C; FIBRINOGEN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EBPA GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INITIATION CODON ATT; LACZ GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; START CODON; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOFILMS; CODON, INITIATOR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIBRINOGEN; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84936971213     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00467-15     Document Type: Article

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