The Staphylococcus aureus alternative sigma factor σ(B) controls the environmental stress response but not starvation survival or pathogenicity in a mouse abscess model

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6082-6089

  Chan, Pan F ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a   Ingham, Eileen ^b   Clements, Mark O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STARVATION; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031725420     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6082-6089.1998     Document Type: Article

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