Transcriptional activation of the Staphylococcus aureus putP gene by low-proline-high osmotic conditions and during infection of murine and human tissues

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 399-409

  Schwan, William R ^a   Lehmann, Lynn ^a   McCormick, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PERMEASE; PROLINE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOCULATION; LUX GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTP GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LAC OPERON; MICE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPORTERS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 29644446560     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.399-409.2006     Document Type: Article

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