Staphylococcus aureus AI-2 quorum sensing associates with the KdpDE two-component system to regulate capsular polysaccharide synthesis and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3506-3515

  Zhao, Liping ^a   Xue, Ting ^a   Shang, Fei ^a   Sun, Haipeng ^a   Sun, Baolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,5 DIHYDROXY 2,3 PENTANEDIONE; ACETYLACETONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN AI 1; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; KDPD PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LACTONE; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MACROPHAGES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77955289495     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00131-10     Document Type: Article

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