Staphylococcus aureus regulates the expression and production of the staphylococcal superantigen-like secreted proteins in a Rot-dependent manner

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 659-675

  Benson, Meredith A ^a   Lilo, Sarit ^a   Wasserman, Gregory A ^a   Thoendel, Matthew ^b   Smith, Amanda ^a   Horswill, Alexander R ^b   Fraser, John ^c   Novick, Richard P ^a   Shopsin, Bo ^a   Torres, Victor J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GRAMICIDIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SUPERANTIGEN LIKE PROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ROT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RODENT DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960706216     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07720.x     Document Type: Article

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