Role of BrnQ1 and BrnQ2 in branched-chain amino acid transport and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1019-1029

  Kaiser, Julienne C ^a   Omer, Sameha ^a   Sheldon, Jessica R ^a   Welch, Ian ^a   Heinrichs, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BRNQ1 PROTEIN; BRNQ2 PROTEIN; BRNQ3 PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CODY PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LEUCINE; LIVER; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VALINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84923007891     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02542-14     Document Type: Article

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