CcpA mediates proline auxotrophy and is required for Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3883-3892

  Li, Chunling ^a   Sun, Fei ^b   Cho, Hoonsik ^a   Yelavarthi, Vamshi ^a,c   Sohn, Changmo ^a   He, Chuan ^b   Schneewind, Olaf ^b   Bae, Taeok ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NORTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; ORNITHINE OXOACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE REDUCTASE; AMMONIA LYASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEINS, BACTERIA; ORNITHINE CYCLODEAMINASE; PHOSPHOCARRIER PROTEIN HPR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; CARBON SOURCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON; ABSCESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

MURINAE; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSCESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIA-LYASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROLINE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955283399     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00237-10     Document Type: Article

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