AraC-type regulator Rsp adapts staphylococcus aureus gene expression to acute infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 723-734

  Li, Tianming ^a   He, Lei ^a   Song, Yan ^b   Villaruz, Amer E ^c   Joo, Hwang Soo ^c   Liu, Qian ^a   Zhu, Yuanjun ^a   Wang, Yanan ^a   Qin, Juanxiu ^a   Otto, Michael ^c   Li, Min ^a  

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

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAC PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RSP PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA BINDING; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84962191003     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01088-15     Document Type: Article

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