Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus lipoproteins: Role in nutritional acquisition and pathogenicity

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Shahmirzadi, Shideh V ^a   Nguyen, Minh Thu ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion transporters; Lipoprotein; Lipoprotein dissemination; Lipoprotein functions; Pathogenicity; S. aureus USA300; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE CLUSTER; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ACQUISITION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DISSEMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

EID: 84992695890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01404     Document Type: Article

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