Subinhibitory concentrations of farrerol reduce α-toxin expression in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 315, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-133

  Qiu, Jiazhang ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a   Hu, Chen ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Dong, Jing ^a   Li, Hongen ^a   Luo, Mingjing ^a   Wang, Jianfeng ^a   Deng, Xuming ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

toxin; Farrerol; Staphylococcus aureus; Subinhibitory concentrations

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FARREROL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMONES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78651463685     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02183.x     Document Type: Letter

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