Phosphorylation of the virulence regulator SarA modulates its ability to bind DNA in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-36

  Didier, Jean Philippe ^a   Cozzone, Alain J ^a   Duclos, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial protein phosphorylation; Pathogenicity; Serine threonine kinase; Staphylococcal virulence regulator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERINE; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77950489158     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01930.x     Document Type: Article

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