Antibiotic-induced SOS response promotes horizontal dissemination of pathogenicity island-encoded virulence factors in staphylococci

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 836-844

  Úbeda, Carles ^a   Maiques, Elisa ^a   Knecht, Erwin ^b   Lasa, Íñigo ^c   Novick, Richard P ^d   Penadés, José R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SAPIBOV1 GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 17644379901     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04584.x     Document Type: Article

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