Interactive regulatory pathways control virulence determinant production and stability in response to environmental conditions in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-331

  Lindsay, J A ^a,b   Foster, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regulation; Staphylococcus aureus; Toxin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE LOCUS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032843519     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051090     Document Type: Article

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