Staphylococcus aureus ClpC divergently regulates capsule via sae and codY in strain Newman but activates capsule via codY in strain UAMS-1 and in strain Newman with repaired saeS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 686-694

  Luong, Thanh T ^a   Sau, Keya ^a   Roux, Christelle ^b,c   Sau, Subrata ^a   Dunman, Paul M ^b   Lee, Chia Y ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; PROTEIN CLPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CODY GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAE GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78751532081     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00987-10     Document Type: Article

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