Thioridazine affects transcription of genes involved in cell wall biosynthesis in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-176

  Bonde, Mette ^a   Højland, Dorte H ^a   Kolmos, Hans Jørn ^a   Kallipolitis, Birgitte H ^a   Klitgaard, Janne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell wall biosynthesis; MRSA; PBP; Thioridazine; VraSR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN BLAZA; THIORIDAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OXACILLIN; THIORIDAZINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79953758307     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02255.x     Document Type: Review

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