Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin gene (hla) expression by agr, sarA, and sae in vitro and in experimental infective endocarditis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1267-1275

  Xiong, Yan Q ^a,b   Willard, Julie ^a,d   Yeaman, Michael R ^a,b   Cheung, Ambrose L ^c   Bayer, Arnold S ^a,b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGR; PROTEIN HLA; PROTEIN SAE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGR GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SAE GENE; SARA GENE; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 33750294761     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508210     Document Type: Article

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