Extracellular DNA facilitates the formation of functional amyloids inStaphylococcus aureusbiofilms

Amyloid-DNA Composites of Bacterial Biofilms Stimulate Autoimmunity

(2015) Paul M. Gallo et al.   IMMUNITY

The exopolysaccharide Psl-eDNA interaction enables the formation of a biofilm skeleton inPseudomonas aeruginosa

(2015) Shiwei Wang et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

The AgrD N-Terminal Leader Peptide of Staphylococcus aureus Has Cytolytic and Amyloidogenic Properties

(2014) Kelly Schwartz et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Extracellular Matrix of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms Comprises Cytoplasmic Proteins That Associate with the Cell Surface in Response to Decreasing pH

(2014) L. Foulston et al.   mBio

Extracellular DNA Shields against Aminoglycosides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

(2013) Wen-Chi Chiang et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Use of Microfluidic Technology To Analyze Gene Expression during Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation Reveals Distinct Physiological Niches

(2013) Derek E. Moormeier et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Molar Mass, Entanglement, and Associations of the Biofilm Polysaccharide of Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2013) Mahesh Ganesan et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Microbial amyloids – functions and interactions within the host

(2013) Kelly Schwartz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Specific binding of DNA to aggregated forms of Alzheimer's disease amyloid peptides

(2013) Sergio Camero et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Life after death: the critical role of extracellular DNA in microbial biofilms

(2013) N.S. Jakubovics et al.   LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Adhesion, invasion and evasion: the many functions of the surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Timothy J. Foster et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Self-organization of bacterial biofilms is facilitated by extracellular DNA

(2013) E. S. Gloag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-assembling DNA–peptide hybrids: morphological consequences of oligonucleotide grafting to a pathogenic amyloid fibrils forming dipeptide

(2012) Nidhi Gour et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Impact of Extracellular Nuclease Production on the Biofilm Phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus underIn VitroandIn VivoConditions

(2012) Karen E. Beenken et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Extracellular DNA within a NontypeableHaemophilus influenzae-Induced Biofilm Binds Human Beta Defensin-3 and Reduces Its Antimicrobial Activity

(2012) Eric A. Jones et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Small surfactant-like peptides can drive soluble proteins into active aggregates

(2012) Bihong Zhou et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Functional amyloid formation by Streptococcus mutans

(2012) M. W. Oli et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Contribution of the Staphylococcus aureus Atl AM and GL Murein Hydrolase Activities in Cell Division, Autolysis, and Biofilm Formation

(2012) Jeffrey L. Bose et al.   PLoS One

DNA Builds and Strengthens the Extracellular Matrix in Myxococcus xanthus Biofilms by Interacting with Exopolysaccharides

(2012) Wei Hu et al.   PLoS One

Nucleic acid-containing amyloid fibrils potently induce type I interferon and stimulate systemic autoimmunity

(2012) J. Di Domizio et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How Staphylococcus aureus biofilms develop their characteristic structure

(2012) S. Periasamy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbial manipulation of the amyloid fold

(2012) William H. DePas et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

In siturheology of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacterial biofilms

(2012) Leonid Pavlovsky et al.   Soft Matter

Functional Amyloids Composed of Phenol Soluble Modulins Stabilize Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2012) Kelly Schwartz et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Binding with Nucleic Acids or Glycosaminoglycans Converts Soluble Protein Oligomers to Amyloid

(2011) Jeremy Di Domizio et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural Insights into Functional and Pathological Amyloid

(2011) Frank Shewmaker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Extracellular DNA Is Essential for Maintaining Bordetella Biofilm Integrity on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Mice

(2011) Matt S. Conover et al.   PLoS One

Nuclease Modulates Biofilm Formation in Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Megan R. Kiedrowski et al.   PLoS One

Extracellular DNA is abundant and important for microcolony strength in mixed microbial biofilms

(2010) Dominik Marek Dominiak et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

ON THE PARADIGM OF ALTRUISTIC SUICIDE IN THE UNICELLULAR WORLD

(2010) Aurora M. Nedelcu et al.   EVOLUTION

Essential Role for the Major Autolysin in the Fibronectin-Binding Protein-MediatedStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Phenotype

(2010) Patrick Houston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Requirement of the agr Locus for Colony Spreading of Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) E. Tsompanidou et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Staphylococcus epidermidis surfactant peptides promote biofilm maturation and dissemination of biofilm-associated infection in mice

(2010) Rong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

A DNA-promoted amyloid proteinopathy in Escherichia coli

(2010) M. Elena Fernández-Tresguerres et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Genes Involved in Polysaccharide-Independent Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation

(2010) Blaise R. Boles et al.   PLoS One

Beta toxin catalyzes formation of nucleoprotein matrix in staphylococcal biofilms

(2010) M. J. Huseby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Staphylococcus aureus LytSR Two-Component Regulatory System Affects Biofilm Formation

(2009) B. K. Sharma-Kuinkel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Fluorescent reporters for Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Cheryl L. Malone et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Modulation of eDNA Release and Degradation Affects Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Maturation

(2009) Ethan E. Mann et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) M. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cross-talk mechanisms in biofilm formation and responses to environmental and physiological stress in Escherichia coli

(2009) Paolo Landini   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2008) Blaise R. Boles et al.   PLoS Pathogens