OpuC - An ABC transporter that is associated with Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 600-610

  Kiran, Madanahally D ^a   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^a   Giacometti, Andrea ^b   Cirioni, Oscar ^b   Scalise, Giorgio ^b   Balaban, Naomi ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agr; Quorum sensing; RNAIII; Signal transduction; Staphylococci; TRAP

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGR; GENE REGULATORS; NOVEL ANTIBIOTICS; QUORUM-SENSING; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; RNAIII; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN; TRAP;

PROTEINS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; AGR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLINE; OPUC PROTEIN; TRAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; SALT TOLERANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70549089790     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880903200909     Document Type: Article

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