Staphylococcus aureus Nuc2 is a functional, surface-attached extracellular nuclease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Kiedrowski, Megan R ^a   Crosby, Heidi A ^a   Hernandez, Frank J ^a   Malone, Cheryl L ^a   McNamara II, James O ^a   Horswill, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEASE; NUCLEASE 2; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PYOMYOSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDONUCLEASES; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

EID: 84899842878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095574     Document Type: Article

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