Phosphorylation of MgrA and its effect on expression of the NorA and NorB efflux pumps of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2525-2534

  Truong Bolduc, Que Chi ^a   Hooper, David C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MGR A PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NOR A PROTEIN; NOR B PROTEIN; NORFLOXACIN; PKN B PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR B REGULON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; EFFUSION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NORFLOXACIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952057697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00018-10     Document Type: Article

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