RpiR homologues may link Staphylococcus aureus RNAIII synthesis and pentose phosphate pathway regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6187-6196

  Zhu, Yefei ^a   Nandakumar, Renu ^a   Sadykov, Marat R ^a   Madayiputhiya, Nandakumar ^a   Luong, Thanh T ^b   Gaupp, Rosmarie ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^b   Somerville, Greg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN RPIRA; PROTEIN RPIRABC; PROTEIN RPIRB; PROTEIN RPIRC; PROTEIN ZWF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80655142472     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05930-11     Document Type: Article

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