Mobile Genetic Element SCCmec-encoded psm-mec RNA Suppresses Translation of agrA and Attenuates MRSA Virulence

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Kaito, Chikara ^a   Saito, Yuki ^a   Ikuo, Mariko ^a   Omae, Yosuke ^a   Mao, Han ^a   Nagano, Gentaro ^a   Fujiyuki, Tomoko ^a   Numata, Shunsuke ^a   Han, Xiao ^b   Obata, Kazuaki ^c   Hasegawa, Setsuo ^d   Yamaguchi, Hiroki ^e   Inokuchi, Koiti ^e   Ito, Teruyo ^b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^b   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sekino Hospital   (Japan)

^d Sekino Clinical Pharmacology Clinic   (Japan)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RECF PROTEIN;

AGRA GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; MEC GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PSM GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876838907     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003269     Document Type: Article

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