The staphylococcus-specific gene rsr represses agr and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4384-4391

  Tamber, Sandeep ^a   Reyes, Dindo ^a   Donegan, Niles P ^a   Schwartzman, Joseph D ^b   Cheung, Ambrose L ^a   Memmi, Guido ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTEIN AGR; PROTEIN HLA; PROTEIN RSR; PROTEIN SARR; PROTEIN SPA; PROTEIN SSPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE LOCUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77957747690     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00401-10     Document Type: Article

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