The Ktr potassium transport system in Staphylococcus aureus and its role in cell physiology, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 760-773

  Gries, Casey M ^a   Bose, Jeffrey L ^a   Nuxoll, Austin S ^a   Fey, Paul D ^a   Bayles, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION; KDP PROTEIN; KTR PROTEIN; KTRA PROTEIN; KTRB PROTEIN; KTRD PROTEIN; POTASSIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPEROSMOTIC STRESS; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; MICE; POTASSIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84881543908     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12312     Document Type: Article

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