Increased expression of clumping factor and fibronectin-binding proteins by hemB mutants of Staphylococcus aureus expressing small colony variant phenotypes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 5428-5437

  Vaudaux, Pierre ^a   Francois, Patrice ^a   Bisognano, Carmelo ^a   Kelley, William L ^a   Lew, Daniel P ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a   Proctor, Richard A ^a   McNamara, Peter J ^a   Peters, G ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^a  

^a University Hospitals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; HEMIN; PROTEIN CLFA; PROTEIN FMB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COAGULASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMIN; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036784709     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.10.5428-5437.2002     Document Type: Article

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