Chromatin immunoprecipitation identifies genes under direct VraSR regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 703-708

  Sengupta, Mrittika ^a   Jain, Vaibhav ^a   Wilkinson, Brian J ^a   Jayaswal, Radheshyam K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 component system; Antibiotic stress; Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay; Staphylococcus aureus MRSA; VraSR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MURZ PROTEIN; PBP2 PROTEIN; SGTB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VRASR REGULON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84861652900     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W2012-043     Document Type: Article

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