Staphylococcus aureus giant protein Ebh is involved in tolerance to transient hyperosmotic pressure

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 374, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-241

  Kuroda, Makoto ^a,d   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^b,c   Aoki, Ryo ^d   Shu, Deng ^c   Tsumoto, Kouhei ^c   Ohta, Toshiko ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell wall surface protein; Halophilic bacterium; Osmotic pressure; Salt tolerance; Staphylococcus aureus; Water activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BINDING PROTEIN HOMOLOGUE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRITON X 100;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL WALL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLASMOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OCTOXYNOL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 48349124615     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.07.037     Document Type: Article

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