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The incongruent gelatinase genotype and phenotype in Enterococcus faecalis are due to shutting off the ability to respond to the gelatinase biosynthesis-activating pheromone (GBAP) quorum-sensing signal.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Feb 2012
Teixeira Neuza, Santos Sofia, Marujo Paulo, Yokohata Ryoji, Iyer Vijayalakshmi S, Nakayama Jiro, Hancock Lynn E, Serror Pascale, Silva Lopes Maria de Fátima
Abstract excerpt
The concomitant presence of a complete fsr quorum-sensing system and gelE-sprE operons in Enterococcus faecalis is known to be essential for the detection of gelatinase activity. However, there are reports of the absence of gelatinase activity despite the presence of complete fsr and gelE loci. In order to understand this incongruence between genotype and phenotype we sequenced fsr and gelE loci of the E....
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