vraS

Summary

Gene Symbol: vraS
Description: sensor histidine kinase VraS
Species: staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus col

Publications

  1. Role of VraSR in antibiotic resistance and antibiotic-induced stress response in Staphylococcus aureus
    S Gardete
    Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:3424-34
  2. Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
    Benjamin P Howden
    Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    BMC Microbiol 8:39

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Publications2

  1. Role of VraSR in antibiotic resistance and antibiotic-induced stress response in Staphylococcus aureus
    S Gardete
    Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:3424-34
    ..Inactivation of vraS blocks this transcriptional response and also causes a drastic reduction in the levels of resistance to beta-lactam ..
  2. Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
    Benjamin P Howden
    Australian Bacterial Pathogenesis Program, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    BMC Microbiol 8:39
    ..RESULTS: Here we show that up-regulation of vraS and the "cell wall stimulon" is not essential for acquisition of low-level vancomycin resistance and that ..