A histidine-to-arginine substitution in Panton-Valentine leukocidin from USA300 community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus does not impair its leukotoxicity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 260-264

  Des Horts, Timothée Besseyre ^a,b   Dumitrescu, Oana ^a,b,c   Badiou, Cédric ^a,b   Thomas, Damien ^a,b   Benito, Yvonne ^c   Etienne, Jerome ^a,b,c   Vandenesch, François ^a,b,c   Lina, Gerard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HISTIDINE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; LEUKOCYTE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EXOTOXINS; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPHILS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 73449104268     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00843-09     Document Type: Article

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