The AgrD N-terminal leader peptide of Staphylococcus aureus has cytolytic and amyloidogenic properties

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3837-3844

  Schwartz, Kelly ^a   Sekedat, Matthew D ^a   Syed, Adnan K ^a   O'Hara, Brendan ^a   Payne, David E ^a   Lamb, Abigail ^a   Boles, Blaise R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84905672783     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02111-14     Document Type: Article

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