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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2012

Genetic regulation of the intercellular adhesion locus in staphylococci.

David Cue, Mei G Lei, Chia Y Lee

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David CueDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock AR, USA.
Mei G Lei
Chia Y Lee

Funding

TYPE 8 CAPSULE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUSR01AI037027 · NIAID · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI LEE, CHIA Y. · 1995 to 2013
$3.2M
Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm by RbfR01AI067857 · NIAID · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI LEE, CHIA Y. · 2007 to 2011
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS AI067857NIAID NIH HHS AI37027NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI037027NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067857
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation of biofilms by Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis is an important aspect of many staphylococcal infections, most notably endocarditis, osteomyelitis and infections associated with indwelling medical devices. The major constituents of staphylococcal biofilms are polysaccharides, such as poly N-acetyl glucosamine (PIA/PNAG), cell surface and secreted bacterial proteins, and extracellular DNA. The exact composition of biofilms often varies considerably between different strains of staphylococci and between different sites of infection by the same strain. PIA/PNAG is synthesized by the products of four genes, icaADBC, that are encoded in a single operon. A fifth gene, icaR, is a negative regulator of icaADBC. Expression of icaADBC is tightly regulated, but can often be induced in vitro by growing staphylococci in the presence of high salt, high glucose, or ethanol. Regulation of icaADBC is complex and numerous regulatory factors have been implicated in control of icaADBC. Many of these are well known global transcriptional regulatory factors like SarA and sigmaB, whereas other regulators, such as IcaR, seem to affect expression of relatively few genes. Here, we will summarize how various regulatory factors affect the production of PIA/PNAG in staphylococci.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBiofilmsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysOperonRegulonStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidisStress, Physiologicalbiofilmicaintercellular adhesion locusPIAPNAGStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidis

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PMID23061050
PMCPMC3459252

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