Role of PknB kinase in antibiotic resistance and virulence in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3637-3646

  Tamber, Sandeep ^a   Schwartzman, Joseph ^a   Cheung, Ambrose L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LYSOSTAPHIN; PROTEIN PKNB; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RNA; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR; STK1 PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77955293898     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00296-10     Document Type: Article

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