Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin in biofilm: Structural and regulatory aspects

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Arciola, Carla Renata ^a,b   Campoccia, Davide ^a   Ravaioli, Stefano ^a,b   Montanaro, Lucio ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti PIA vaccine; Biofilm; Ica locus; Poly (1 6) N acetylglucosamine (PNAG); Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA); Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; FNBPA PROTEIN; FNBPB PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OPSONIN; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN; PLASMIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN; PROTEIN A; SASC PROTEIN; SASG PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B; TEICHOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; DEACETYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTAGENESIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84947945232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00007     Document Type: Review

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