An antibiotic that inhibits a late step in wall teichoic acid biosynthesis induces the cell wall stress stimulon in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1810-1820

  Campbell, Jennifer ^a   Singh, Atul K ^a,c   Swoboda, Jonathan G ^a,d   Gilmore, Michael S ^a,b   Wilkinson, Brian J ^c   Walker, Suzanne ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TARGOCIL; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRESS; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STIMULON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; QUINAZOLINES; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIAZOLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84863395368     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05938-11     Document Type: Article

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