Novel DNA binding protein SarZ contributes to virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1601-1617

  Kaito, Chikara ^a   Morishita, Daisuke ^a   Matsumoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Kurokawa, Kenji ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SARZ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SARZ GENE; SILKWORM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOMBYX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33751364085     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05480.x     Document Type: Article

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