Staphylococcus aureus CodY negatively regulates virulence gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2257-2265

  Majerczyk, Charlotte D ^a   Sadykov, Marat R ^b   Luong, Thanh T ^c   Lee, Chia ^c   Somerville, Greg A ^b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a,d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CODY PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMOLYSIS; MUTATION; RABBITS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIRMICUTES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41549166183     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01545-07     Document Type: Article

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