Influence of the AgrC-AgrA complex on the response time of Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2876-2888

  Srivastava, Sandeep K ^a   Rajasree, Kalagiri ^a   Fasim, Aneesa ^a   Arakere, Gayathri ^a   Gopal, Balasubramanian ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCING PEPTIDE; HISTIDINE KINASE AGRA; HISTIDINE KINASE AGRC; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CYTOSOL; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903884554     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01530-14     Document Type: Article

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