Methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase (Pfs) of Staphylococcus aureus is essential for the virulence independent of LuxS/AI-2 system

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 303, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 190-200

  Bao, Yan ^a   Li, Yajuan ^a   Jiang, Qiu ^a   Zhao, Liping ^a   Xue, Ting ^a   Hu, Bing ^a   Sun, Baolin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular protease; Mouse; Pfs; Staphylococcus aureus; Virulence; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AI 2 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; METHYLTHIOADENOSINE S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE NUCLEOSIDASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEPSIS; SKIN ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PURINE-NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84877128309     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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