SaeRS and sarA act synergistically to repress protease production and promote biofilm formation in staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Mrak, Lara N ^a   Zielinska, Agnieszka K ^a   Beenken, Karen E ^a   Mrak, Ian N ^a   Atwood, Danielle N ^a   Griffin, Linda M ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^a   Smeltzer, Mark S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN A; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN B; PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84862001068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038453     Document Type: Article

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