Cody deletion enhances in vivo virulence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone USA300

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2382-2389

  Montgomery, Christopher P ^a   Boyle Vavra, Susan ^a   Roux, Agnès ^b   Ebine, Kazumi ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^b   Daumb, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CODY PROTEIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OPERON; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SKIN INFECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84864822520     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06172-11     Document Type: Article

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