Sugar-responsive gene expression and the agr system are required for colony spreading in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-185

  Ueda, Tomofumi ^a   Kaito, Chikara ^a   Omae, Yosuke ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agr; Catabolite repression; Colony spreading; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARLRS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; HPR KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CARBON SOURCE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL SPREADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79959352015     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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