Fur is required for the activation of virulence gene expression through the induction of the sae regulatory system in Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-52

  Johnson, Miranda ^a   Sengupta, Mrittika ^c   Purves, Joanne ^a   Tarrant, Emma ^a   Williams, Peter H ^a   Cockayne, Alan ^b   Muthaiyan, Arunachalam ^c   Stephenson, Robert ^c   Ledala, Nagender ^c   Wilkinson, Brian J ^c   Jayaswal, Radheshyam K ^c   Morrissey, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agr; Fur; Iron regulation; Sae; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HEMOLYSIN; IRON; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON RESTRICTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAE GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; PROTEIN KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78649630300     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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