Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors using a silkworm model

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-124

  Miyazaki, Shinya ^a   Matsumoto, Yasuhiko ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a   Kaito, Chikara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; Regulatory factor; Silkworm model; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BETA HEMOLYSIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; SORTASE; SORTASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SILKWORM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 83855162732     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02439.x     Document Type: Article

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