Characterization of the modular design of the autolysin/adhesin aaa from Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hirschhausen, Nina ^a   Schlesier, Tim ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Heilmann, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; HISTIDINE; HYDROLASE; LYSINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; PROTEIN AAA; PROTEIN ATL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN;

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; UPREGULATION; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MUTATION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VITRONECTIN;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84863114164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040353     Document Type: Article

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