Transposon mutagenesis identifies novel genes associated with Staphylococcus aureus persister formation

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Wenjie ^a   Chen, Jiazhen ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Du, Xin ^b   Cui, Peng ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Zhao, Jing ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Zhang, Wenhong ^a   Li, Min ^c   Zhang, Ying ^a,d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Persisters; Staphylococcus aureus; Stress conditions; Transposon mutant library

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AMPICILLIN; ANHYDROTETRACYCLINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CTAB GENE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; SDHA GENE; SDHB GENE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84954109240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01437     Document Type: Article

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