Regulatory mechanism for exfoliative toxin production in Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1660-1670

  Kato, Fuminori ^a   Kadomoto, Noriko ^a   Iwamoto, Yuko ^a   Bunai, Katsuaki ^a   Komatsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Sugai, Motoyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXFOLIATIN; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN A; EXFOLIATIVE TOXIN B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SARA GENE; SARS GENE; SIGB GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXFOLIATINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79953314786     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00872-10     Document Type: Article

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