Norlichexanthone reduces virulence gene expression and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Baldry, Mara ^a   Nielsen, Anita ^a   Bojer, Martin S ^a   Zhao, Yu ^b   Friberg, Cathrine ^a,d   Ifrah, Dan ^a,e   Heede, Nina Glasser ^a,f   Larsen, Thomas O ^c   Frøkiær, Hanne ^a   Frees, Dorte ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^b   Dai, Huanqin ^b   Ingmer, Hanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^e AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Denmark)

^f GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; NORLICHEXANTHONE; PROTEIN AGRA; PROTEIN AGRC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HLA GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; RNAIII GENE; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; UPREGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHONES;

EID: 85007312694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168305     Document Type: Article

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