Detection of the cell wall-affecting antibiotics at sublethal concentrations using a reporter Staphylococcus aureus harboring drp35 promoter -lacZ transcriptional fusion

BMB Reports

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 468-473

  Mondal, Rajkrishna ^a   Chanda, Palas K ^a   Bandhu, Amitava ^a   Jana, Biswanath ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^b   Sau, Subrata ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose based assay and microtiter plate assay; Cell wall affecting antibiotics; Drp35; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRP35 PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; HYBRID PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CIPROFLOXACIN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956549613     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3858/BMBRep.2010.43.7.468     Document Type: Article

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