Regulatory adaptation of staphylococcus aureus during nasal colonization of humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Burian, Marc ^a,b   Wolz, Christiane ^a   Goerke, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; TOXIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL WALL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NASOPHARYNX; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NOSE SMEAR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE ADHESION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; IMMUNE EVASION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; METABOLISM; NOSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956327503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010040     Document Type: Article

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