Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with hyperproduction of alpha-toxin in Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Liang, Xudong ^a   Hall, Jeffrey W ^a   Yang, Junshu ^a   Yan, Meiying ^a   Doll, Katherine ^a   Bey, Russell ^a   Ji, Yinduo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

AGRA GENE; ARLR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HLA GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SAER GENE; SARZ GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; START CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATTLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79954484717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018428     Document Type: Article

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