Comparative analysis of the roles of HtrA-like surface proteases in two virulent Staphylococcus aureus strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 563-572

  Rigoulay, Candice ^a   Entenza, José M ^b   Halpern, David ^a   Widmer, Eleonora ^b   Moreillon, Philippe ^b   Poquet, Isabelle ^a   Gruss, Alexandra ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Inst of Fundamental Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; HTRA LIKE SURFACE PROTEASE; HTRA SURFACE PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; HEMOLYSIS; HTRA1 GENE; HTRA2 GENE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENDONUCLEASES; GENES, REGULATOR; HEMOLYSIS; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 11144278533     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.1.563-572.2005     Document Type: Article

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