Impact of the regulators SigB, rot, SarA and sarS on the toxic shock tst promoter and TSST-1 expression in Staphylococcus aureus

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Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Andrey, Diego O ^a   Jousselin, Ambre ^a   Villanueva, Maite ^a   Renzoni, Adriana ^a   Monod, Antoinette ^a   Barras, Christine ^a   Rodriguez, Natalia ^a   Kelley, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN F, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ROT PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SARA PROTEIN, BACTERIAL; SARS PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR; SUPERANTIGEN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROT GENE; SARA GENE; SARS GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGB GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERANTIGENS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84942869372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135579     Document Type: Article

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