Staphylococcal Bap Proteins Build Amyloid Scaffold Biofilm Matrices in Response to Environmental Signals

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Taglialegna, Agustina ^a   Navarro, Susanna ^b   Ventura, Salvador ^b   Garnett, James A ^c   Matthews, Steve ^d   Penades, José R ^e   Lasa, Iñigo ^a,f   Valle, Jaione ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROBIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOFILM ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMYLOID PROTEIN; BAP PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACIDIFICATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMYLOIDOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84978859579     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005711     Document Type: Article

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