The chaperone ClpX stimulates expression of Staphylococcus aureus protein a by rot dependent and independent pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Jelsbak, Lotte ^a   Ingmer, Hanne ^a   Valihrach, Lukás ^a,c   Cohn, Marianne Thorup ^a   Christiansen, Mie H G ^b   Kallipolitis, Birgitte H ^b   Frees, Dorte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ROT PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77958522316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012752     Document Type: Article

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