Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus cardiolipin synthases 1 and 2 and their Contribution to accumulation of cardiolipin in stationary phase and within phagocytes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4134-4142

  Koprivnjak, T ^a   Zhang, D ^b   Ernst, C M ^c   Pesche, A ^c   Nauseef, W M ^b   Weiss, J P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; CARDIOLIPIN SYNTHASE 1; CARDIOLIPIN SYNTHASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARDIOLIPINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79961163233     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00288-11     Document Type: Article

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