Modulation of virulence gene expression by cell wall active antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 979-984

  Subrt, Natalia ^a   Mesak, Lili Rosana ^a   Davies, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Biofilm formation; Pathogenesis; Promoter lux reporter; Transcription modulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LUKE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; SPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79954600738     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr043     Document Type: Article

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