Glycerol uptake is important for L-form formation and persistence in Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Han, Jian ^a,b   He, Lili ^a   Shi, Wanliang ^b   Xu, Xiaogang ^c   Wang, Sen ^c   Zhang, Shuo ^b   Zhang, Ying ^b,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCEROL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; GLPF GENE; GLYCEROL UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PROTOPLAST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE LIBRARY; GLYCEROL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NORFLOXACIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84907459258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108325     Document Type: Article

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