NsaRS is a cell-envelope-stress-sensing two-component system of Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2206-2219

  Kolar, Stacey L ^a   Nagarajan, Vijayaraj ^b   Oszmiana, Anna ^c   Rivera, Frances E ^a   Miller, Halie K ^a   Davenport, Jessica E ^a   Riordan, James T ^a   Potempa, Jan ^c   Barber, David S ^d   Koziel, Joanna ^c   Elasri, Mohamed O ^e   Shaw, Lindsey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; FOSFOMYCIN; GRAMICIDIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NISIN; NSARS PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL WALL; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FIRMICUTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79960724213     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.049692-0     Document Type: Article

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