Impact of the high-affinity proline permease gene (putP) on the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus in experimental endocarditis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 740-744

  Bayer, Arnold S ^a,b   Coulter, Silvija N ^c   Stover, C Kendall ^c   Schwan, William R ^c  

^a St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LANTIBIOTIC; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PROLINE; PURINE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032912746     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.740-744.1999     Document Type: Article

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