Nfu facilitates the maturation of iron-sulfur proteins and participates in virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 383-409

  Mashruwala, Ameya A ^a   Pang, Yun Y ^b   Rosario Cruz, Zuelay ^a   Chahal, Harsimranjit K ^a   Benson, Meredith A ^c   Mike, Laura A ^d   Skaar, Eric P ^d   Torres, Victor J ^c   Nauseef, William M ^b   Boyd, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NFU PROTEIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN BINDING; SULFUR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON CHELATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NFU GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RESPIRATORY BURST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUFB GENE; SUFU GENE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFUR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84924700922     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12860     Document Type: Article

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