The GraRS regulatory system controls Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to antimicrobial host defenses

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kraus, Dirk ^a   Herbert, Silvia ^a   Kristian, Sascha A ^b,c   Khosravi, Arya ^b   Nizet, Victor ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a   Peschel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; PROTEIN GRARS; ALANINE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CYTOCHROME C; LYSINE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALANINE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHROMES C; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; KIDNEY; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHILS; OPERON; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 46249116492     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-85     Document Type: Article

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