Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 perturbs acquisition of lysosomal enzymes and requires phagosomal acidification for survival inside macrophages

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 241-253

  Tranchemontagne, Zachary R ^a   Camire, Ryan B ^a   O'Donnell, Vanessa J ^a   Baugh, Jessfor ^a   Burkholder, Kristin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAFILOMYCIN A1; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CATHEPSIN D; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; LYSOSOME ENZYME; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CTSD PROTEIN, HUMAN; LAMP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SAER PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SARA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAGOSOME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATHEPSIN D; CELL LINE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; LYSOSOME-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOMES; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84957660192     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00704-15     Document Type: Article

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