Staphylococcus aureus CcpA affects virulence determinant production and antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1183-1194

  Seidl, Kati ^a   Stucki, Martin ^a   Ruegg, Martin ^a   Goerke, Christiane ^b   Wolz, Christiane ^b   Harris, Llinos ^c   Berger Bächi, Brigitte ^a   Bischoff, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GLUCOSE; HEMOLYSIN; LACTIC ACID; OXACILLIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN CCPA; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33645758271     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1183-1194.2006     Document Type: Article

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