Staphylococcus aureus cell wall stress stimulon gene-lacZ fusion strains: Potential for use in screening for cell wall-active antimicrobials

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2923-2925

  Steidl, Rebecca ^a   Pearson, Stacy ^a   Stephenson, Robert E ^a   Ledala, Nagender ^a   Sitthisak, Sutthirat ^a   Wilkinson, Brian J ^a   Jayaswal, Radheshyam K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LACTOSE OPERON; LYTR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SGTB GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STIMULON; TCAA GENE; VRASR GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 48749087889     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00273-08     Document Type: Article

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