Staphylococcus aureus interaction with phospholipid vesicles - A new method to accurately determine accessory gene regulator (agr) activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Laabei, Maisem ^a,b   Jamieson, W David ^a   Massey, Ruth C ^b   Jenkins, A Tobias A ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; HEMOLYSIN; PHENOL SOLUBLE MODULIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; CAMP ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VESICLE LYSIS TEST;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GENES, REGULATOR; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84900431748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087270     Document Type: Article

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