Altering gene expression by aminocoumarins: The role of DNA supercoiling in Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schröder, Wiebke ^a   Bernhardt, Jörg ^b   Marincola, Gabriella ^a,e   Klein Hitpass, Ludger ^c   Herbig, Alexander ^a   Krupp, Guido ^d   Nieselt, Kay ^a   Wolz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d AmpTec GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminocoumarins; arlR; Gyrase; Microarray; Novobiocin; Spacer; Staphylococcus aureus; Supercoiling; Voronoi tree map

Indexed keywords

AMINOCOUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; NOVOBIOCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARLRS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FNBA GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GYRA GENE; GYRB GENE; HLGC GENE; LUKA GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; RECA GENE; RIB OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URE OPERON;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINOCOUMARINS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REC A RECOMBINASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84899481418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-291     Document Type: Article

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