Role of the (p)ppGpp synthase RSH, a RelA/SpoT homolog, in stringent response and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1873-1883

  Geiger, Tobias ^a   Goerke, Christiane ^a   Fritz, Michaela ^a   Schäfer, Tina ^b   Ohlsen, Knut ^b   Liebeke, Manuel ^c   Lalk, Michael ^c   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RNA; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; LIGASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUPIROCIN; MUTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77951235714     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01439-09     Document Type: Article

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