Low-proline environments impair growth, proline transport and in vivo survival of Staphylococcus aureus strain-specific putP mutants

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1055-1061

  Schwan, William R ^a   Wetzel, Keith J ^a   Gomez, Timothy S ^a   Stiles, Melissa A ^a   Beitlich, Brian D ^a   Grunwald, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; PROLINE; PROTEIN PUTP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1942505301     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26710-0     Document Type: Article

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