Role of a Cysteine Synthase in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1579-1590

  Lithgow, James K ^a   Hayhurst, Emma J ^a   Cohen, Gerald ^b   Aharonowitz, Yair ^b   Foster, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMINO ACID; CELL EXTRACT; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; DIAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM TELLURITE; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFUR; TELLURIUM;

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

EID: 1542317129     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1579-1590.2004     Document Type: Article

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