Activation and transcriptional interaction between agr RNAII and RNAIII in Staphylococcus aureus in vitro and in an experimental endocarditis model

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 668-677

  Xiong, Yan Qiong ^a,b,d   Van Wamel, William ^e   Nast, Cynthia C ^a,b,c   Yeaman, Michael R ^a,b,d   Cheung, Ambrose L ^e   Bayer, Arnold S ^a,b,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research and Education Institute   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA II; RNA III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGR GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENDOCARDITIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RABBIT; REGULON; RNA ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RABBITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036720480     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342046     Document Type: Article

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