cwrA, a gene that specifically responds to cell wall damage in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1372-1383

  Balibar, Carl J ^a   Shen, Xiaoyu ^a   McGuire, Dorothy ^a   Yu, Donghui ^a   McKenney, David ^a   Tao, Jianshi ^a  

^a NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LYSOSTAPHIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL WALL; CWRA GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; LYSOSTAPHIN; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952410446     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.036129-0     Document Type: Article

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