Rot and Agr system modulate fibrinogen-binding ability mainly by regulating clfB expression in Staphylococcus aureus NCTC8325

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-92

  Xue, Ting ^a   You, Yibo ^a   Shang, Fei ^a   Sun, Baolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Agr quorum sensing; ClfA; ClfB; Fibrinogen binding protein; Rot; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN CLUMPING FACTOR A; PROTEIN CLUMPING FACTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADHESIN; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL RNA; CLFA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CLFB PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COAGULASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNAIII, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ROT PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR OF TOXIN GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COAGULASE; FIBRINOGEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84860575583     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-011-0208-z     Document Type: Article

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