Induction of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation via proteolytic processing of the accumulation-associated protein by staphylococcal and host proteases.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on March 01, 2005

Authors

Holger Rohde1, Christoph Burdelski, Katrin Bartscht, Muzaffar Hussain, Friedrich Buck, Matthias A Horstkotte, Johannes K-M Knobloch, Christine Heilmann, Mathias Herrmann, Dietrich Mack

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1: Institut für Infektionsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. rohde@uke.uni-hamburg.de

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