The Staphylococcus aureus GGDEF domain-containing protein, GdpS, influences protein A gene expression in a cyclic diguanylic acid-independent manner

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2849-2856

  Shang, Fei ^a   Xue, Ting ^a   Sun, Haipeng ^a   Xing, Lei ^b   Zhang, Shuo ^b   Yang, Zhenjun ^b   Zhang, Lihe ^b   Sun, Baolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN AGR; PROTEIN GDPS; PROTEIN ROT; PROTEIN SARS; PROTEIN SART; SERINE PROTEINASE; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 67650045735     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01405-08     Document Type: Article

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