SigV Mediates Lysozyme Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis via RsiV and PgdA
Srivatsan Parthasarathy, Xiaofei Wang, Kristen R. Carr, Sriram Varahan, Elyssa B. Hancock, Lynn E. Hancock
Abstract
Enterococcus faecalis causes health care-associated infections and displays resistance to a variety of antibiotics and molecules of the innate immune system. SigV has been shown to play an important role in enterococcal lysozyme resistance.
Topics & Concepts
Enterococcus faecalisBiologyLysozymeMicrobiologyEnterococcusAntibiotic resistanceAntibioticsBacteriaInnate immune systemImmune systemImmunologyStaphylococcus aureusBiochemistryGeneticsAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMicrobial infections and disease researchStreptococcal Infections and Treatments