Gene Review:
icaA - N-glycosyltransferase
Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A
Catalanotti,
Lanza,
Del Prete,
Lucido,
Catania,
Gallè,
Boggia,
Perfetto,
Rossano,
Knobloch,
Jäger,
Horstkotte,
Rohde,
Mack,
Fey,
Ulphani,
Götz,
Heilmann,
Mack,
Rupp,
Vandecasteele,
Peetermans,
R Merckx,
Rijnders,
Van Eldere,
Arciola,
Baldassarri,
Montanaro,
Arciola,
Baldassarri,
Montanaro,
- Characterization of the relationship between polysaccharide intercellular adhesin and hemagglutination in Staphylococcus epidermidis. Fey, P.D., Ulphani, J.S., Götz, F., Heilmann, C., Mack, D., Rupp, M.E. J. Infect. Dis. (1999)
- In catheter infections by Staphylococcus epidermidis the intercellular adhesion (ica) locus is a molecular marker of the virulent slime-producing strains. Arciola, C.R., Baldassarri, L., Montanaro, L. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. (2002)
- Characterization of the N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity involved in the biosynthesis of the Staphylococcus epidermidis polysaccharide intercellular adhesin. Gerke, C., Kraft, A., Süssmuth, R., Schweitzer, O., Götz, F. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- A novel mechanism of phase variation of virulence in Staphylococcus epidermidis: evidence for control of the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis by alternating insertion and excision of the insertion sequence element IS256. Ziebuhr, W., Krimmer, V., Rachid, S., Lössner, I., Götz, F., Hacker, J. Mol. Microbiol. (1999)
- Molecular basis of intercellular adhesion in the biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis. Heilmann, C., Schweitzer, O., Gerke, C., Vanittanakom, N., Mack, D., Götz, F. Mol. Microbiol. (1996)
- RsbU-dependent regulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation is mediated via the alternative sigma factor sigmaB by repression of the negative regulator gene icaR. Knobloch, J.K., Jäger, S., Horstkotte, M.A., Rohde, H., Mack, D. Infect. Immun. (2004)
- Presence of icaA and icaD genes and slime production in a collection of staphylococcal strains from catheter-associated infections. Arciola, C.R., Baldassarri, L., Montanaro, L. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2001)
- Slime-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis and S. aureus in acute bacterial conjunctivitis in soft contact lens wearers. Catalanotti, P., Lanza, M., Del Prete, A., Lucido, M., Catania, M.R., Gallè, F., Boggia, D., Perfetto, B., Rossano, F. New Microbiol. (2005)
- Reliability of the ica, aap and atlE genes in the discrimination between invasive, colonizing and contaminant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in the diagnosis of catheter-related infections. Vandecasteele, S.J., Peetermans, W.E., R Merckx, R., Rijnders, B.J., Van Eldere, J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. (2003)