Staphylococcus aureus transporters Hts, Sir, and Sst capture iron liberated from human transferrin by staphyloferrin A, staphyloferrin B, and catecholamine stress hormones, respectively, and contribute to virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2345-2355

  Beasley, Federico C ^a   Marolda, Cristina L ^a   Cheung, Johnson ^a   Buac, Suzana ^a   Heinrichs, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CATECHOLAMINE TRANSPORTER; HOLOTRANSFERRIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SIDEROPHORE; STAPHYLOFERRIN A; STAPHYLOFERRIN B; STRESS HORMONE; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSPORTER HTS; TRANSPORTER SIR; TRANSPORTER SST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CITRATES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORNITHINE; SIDEROPHORES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 79959448572     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00117-11     Document Type: Article

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