Hyperproduction of alpha-hemolysin in a sigB mutant is associated with elevated sarA expression in Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1331-1337

  Cheung, Ambrose L ^a   Chien, Yueh Tyng ^a   Bayer, Arnold S ^b,c,d  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033012331     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1331-1337.1999     Document Type: Article

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