Phase Variation of Poly-N-Acetylglucosamine Expression in Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Brooks, Jamie L ^a   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GLUCAN; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYL GLUCOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYL-1-6-GLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN;

BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHASE TRANSITION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84905368631     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004292     Document Type: Article

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