Information de reference pour ce titreAccession Number: | 00005797-199710020-00016.
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Author: | Mei, Ji-Min 1; Nourbakhsh, Fahimeh 1; Ford, Charles W. 2; Holden, David W. 1*
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Institution: | (1)Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK. (2)Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., 301 Henrietta St., Kalamazoo, MI 49001, USA.
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Title: | Identification of Staphylococcus aureus virulence genes in a murine model of bacteraemia using signature-tagged mutagenesis.[Article]
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Source: | Molecular Microbiology. 26(2):399-407, October 1997.
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Abstract: | Summary: Signature-tagged mutagenesis with transposon Tn917 was used to identify genes of Staphylococcus aureus required for virulence in a murine model of bacteraemia. Screening 1248 mutant strains in pools of 96 resulted in the provisional identification of 50 mutants attenuated in virulence. Subsequent individual analysis of many of these mutants confirmed that they are attenuated in virulence. DNA sequence analysis of regions flanking their transposon insertion points revealed that approximately half of them represent genes with unknown function, while most of the remainder are involved in nutrient biosynthesis and cell surface metabolism. Three mutants were found with transposon insertions in different positions in femA, and one mutant had an insertion in femB. Both femA and femB are involved in the formation of cell wall peptidoglycan pentaglycine cross-bridges. A further mutation occurred in a previously unknown gene that shares significant similarity to femB. Mutations were also obtained in recA and Isp (encoding the S. aureus prolipoprotein signal peptidase). On the basis of sequence similarities to proteins of known function, the products of other genes are probably involved in the synthesis of diaminopimelic acid (a component of peptidoglycan), maintenance of surface adhesins and cell surface membrane transport, showing that many components of the S. aureus cell surface are critical for the survival and replication of this pathogen in blood.
(C) 1997 Blackwell Science Ltd.
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Language: | English.
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Document Type: | Research Articles.
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Journal Subset: | Life Sciences.
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ISSN: | 0950-382X
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NLM Journal Code: | mom, 8712028
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