Bicarbonate enhances expression of the endocarditis and biofilm associated pilus locus, <it>ebpR-ebpABC</it>, in <it>Enterococcus faecalis</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We previously identified <it>ebpR</it>, encoding a potential member of the AtxA/Mga transcriptional regulator family, and showed that it is important for transcriptional activation of the <it>Enterococcus faecalis &...

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Main Authors: Thomson L Charlene, Bourgogne Agathe, Murray Barbara E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/17