At the crossroads of bacterial metabolism and virulence factor synthesis in staphylococci

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-248

  Somerville, Greg A ^a   Proctor, Richard A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; IRON; MANGANESE; PROTEIN CODY; PROTEIN GLNR; PROTEIN MGRA; PROTEIN NREC; PROTEIN PERR; PROTEIN SRRAB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

COENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 66749141589     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00005-09     Document Type: Review

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