The Extracytoplasmic Linker Peptide of the Sensor Protein SaeS Tunes the Kinase Activity Required for Staphylococcal Virulence in Response to Host Signals

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Qian ^a,b   Cho, Hoonsik ^a   Yeo, Won Sik ^a   Bae, Taeok ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NORTHWEST   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GENOMIC DNA; HEMOLYSIN; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE 1; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; SAES PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN KINASE; SAES PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION ASSAY; GFP REPORTER ASSAY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN KINASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84929484390     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004799     Document Type: Article

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