Secreted proteases control autolysin-mediated biofilm growth of staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 29440-29452

  Chen, Chen ^a   Krishnan, Vengadesan ^b   Macon, Kevin ^c   Manne, Kartik ^c   Narayana, Sthanam V L ^c   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b REGIONAL CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM GROWTH; EPIDERMIDIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROLASES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOFILMS;

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL DNA; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE; PROTEIN SSPA; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; BIOFILM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; SERINE PROTEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; NASAL CAVITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERINE PROTEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885653997     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.502039     Document Type: Article

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