Staphylococcus aureus fur regulates the expression of virulence factors that contribute to the pathogenesis of pneumonia

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1618-1628

  Torres, Victor J ^a,f   Attia, Ahmed S ^a,e   Mason, William J ^b   Hood, M Indriati ^a   Corbin, Brian D ^a   Beasley, Federico C ^d   Anderson, Kelsi L ^a   Stauff, Devin L ^a   McDonald, W Hayes ^c   Zimmerman, Lisa J ^c   Friedman, David B ^c   Heinrichs, David E ^d   Dunman, Paul M ^a   Skaar, Eric P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IMMUNOMODULATORY PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROORGANISM; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PROTEOME; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77950219265     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01423-09     Document Type: Article

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