Differential regulation of staphylococcal virulence by the sensor kinase SaeS in response to neutrophil-derived stimuli

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2014, Pages

  Flack, Caralyn E ^a   Zurek, Oliwia W ^b   Meishery, Delisha D ^b   Pallister, Kyler B ^b   Malone, Cheryl L ^a   Horswill, Alexander R ^a   Voyich, Jovanka M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host pathogen interactions; Membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTEINE; MALEIMIDE; METHIONINE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE SAES; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HLA SYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERNATANT;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84900480692     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322125111     Document Type: Article

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