Synthesis and Deformylation of Staphylococcus aureus δ-Toxin Are Linked to Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6686-6694

  Somerville, Greg A ^a   Cockayne, Alan ^b   Dürr, Manuela ^c   Peschel, Andreas ^c   Otto, Michael ^a   Musser, James M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; NEUTROPHILS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0242575010     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6686-6694.2003     Document Type: Article

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