CodY in Staphylococcus aureus: A regulatory link between metabolism and virulence gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2953-2963

  Pohl, Konstanze ^a   Francois, Patrice ^b   Stenz, Ludwig ^b   Schlink, Frank ^a   Geiger, Tobias ^a   Herbert, Silvia ^a   Goerke, Christiane ^a   Schrenzel, Jacques ^b   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; THREONINE; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CODY PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOLEUCINE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THREONINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 65549131633     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01492-08     Document Type: Article

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