Staphylococcus epidermidis antimicrobial δ-toxin (phenol-soluble modulin-γ) cooperates with host antimicrobial peptides to kill group A Streptococcus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cogen, Anna L ^a,b   Yamasaki, Kenshi ^a   Muto, Jun ^a   Sanchez, Katheryn M ^a   Alexander, Laura Crotty ^c   Tanios, Jackelyn ^a   Lai, Yuping ^a   Kim, Judy E ^a   Nizet, Victor ^c,d   Gallo, Richard L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DELTA TOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL DELTA TOXIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PROTEIN BINDING; SKIN; SPECTROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SKIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77649121135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008557     Document Type: Article

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