Maximal transcription of aur (aureolysin) and sspA (serine protease) in Staphylococcus aureus requires staphylococcal accessory regulator R (sarR) activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Gustafsson, Erik ^a,b   Oscarsson, Jan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agr (RNAIII); Proteases; rot; sarA; sarR; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AUREOLYSIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44949090503     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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