Bacillithiol: A key protective thiol in Staphylococcus aureus

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1089-1107

  Perera, Varahenage R ^a   Newton, Gerald L ^a   Pogliano, Kit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

bacillithiol; bacillithiol conjugate amidase; drug resistance; fosfomycin; oxidative stress; pathogenesis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACILLITHIOL; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BSHA PROTEIN; BSHB PROTEIN; BSHC PROTEIN; GLYOXALASE A; GLYOXALASE B; MYCOTHIOL; THIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSAMINE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOPHYSICS; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSAMINE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84939152915     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1064309     Document Type: Review

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