Beta toxin catalyzes formation of nucleoprotein matrix in staphylococcal biofilms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 14407-14412

  Huseby, Medora J ^a   Kruse, Andrew C ^a   Digre, Jeff ^a   Kohler, Petra L ^a   Vocke, Jillian A ^a   Mann, Ethan E ^b   Bayles, Kenneth W ^b   Bohach, Gregory A ^c   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a   Ohlendorf, Douglas H ^a   Earhart, Cathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotoxins; Staphyloccus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BETA TOXIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLB PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOFILM; CROSS LINKING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; CATALYSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; CATALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RABBITS; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956276034     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911032107     Document Type: Article

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