The influence of SaeRS and σ B on the expression of superantigens in different Staphylococcus aureus isolates

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 488-499

  Kusch, Kathrin ^a   Hanke, Kirsten ^a,d   Holtfreter, Silva ^a,e   Schmudde, Mareike ^a   Kohler, Christian ^b,f   Erck, Christian ^b   Wehland, Jürgen ^a   Hecker, Michael ^c   Ohlsen, Knut ^a   Bröker, Barbara ^a   Engelmann, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

SaeRS; SigB; Staphylococcus aureus; Superantigens

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; SUPERANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOGENICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPTICAL DENSITY; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79960219626     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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