The mcsB gene of the clpC operon is required for stress tolerance and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2568-2576

  Wozniak, Darren J ^a   Tiwari, Kiran B ^a   Soufan, Rami ^a   Jayaswal, Radheshyam K ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN CLPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYSIS; METAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEAL FLUID; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84867125404     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.060749-0     Document Type: Article

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