Competing for Iron: Duplication and Amplification of the isd Locus in Staphylococcus lugdunensis HKU09-01 Provides a Competitive Advantage to Overcome Nutritional Limitation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Heilbronner, Simon ^a,b   Monk, Ian R ^a,c   Brozyna, Jeremy R ^d   Heinrichs, David E ^d   Skaar, Eric P ^e   Peschel, Andreas ^b   Foster, Timothy J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TETRACYCLINE; HEME; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNITY; ISD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL IMMUNITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC LOCI; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84984924888     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006246     Document Type: Article

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