Effect of manuka honey on the expression of universal stress protein A in meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-376

  Jenkins, Rowena ^a   Burton, Neil ^a   Cooper, Rose ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mass spectrometry; MRSA; Protein expression; Two dimensional gel electrophoresis; Universal stress protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNIVERSAL STRESS PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HONEY; MANUKA HONEY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HONEY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 79952816170     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2010.11.036     Document Type: Article

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