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Full-Text Articles in Pathology
A Dysfunctional Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Enhances Fitness Of Staphylococcus Epidermidis During Β-Lactam Stress., Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Lauren C. Kinkead, Ashley Janssen, Carolyn R. Schaeffer, Keith M. Woods, Jill K. Lindgren, Jonathan M. Peaster, Sujata S. Chaudhari, Marat Sadykov, Joselyn Jones, Sameh M. Mohamadi Abdelghani, Matthew C. Zimmerman, Kenneth W. Bayles, Greg A. Somerville, Paul D. Fey
A Dysfunctional Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Enhances Fitness Of Staphylococcus Epidermidis During Β-Lactam Stress., Vinai Chittezham Thomas, Lauren C. Kinkead, Ashley Janssen, Carolyn R. Schaeffer, Keith M. Woods, Jill K. Lindgren, Jonathan M. Peaster, Sujata S. Chaudhari, Marat Sadykov, Joselyn Jones, Sameh M. Mohamadi Abdelghani, Matthew C. Zimmerman, Kenneth W. Bayles, Greg A. Somerville, Paul D. Fey
Journal Articles: Pathology and Microbiology
A recent controversial hypothesis suggested that the bactericidal action of antibiotics is due to the generation of endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS), a process requiring the citric acid cycle (tricarboxylic acid [TCA] cycle). To test this hypothesis, we assessed the ability of oxacillin to induce ROS production and cell death in Staphylococcus epidermidis strain 1457 and an isogenic citric acid cycle mutant. Our results confirm a contributory role for TCA-dependent ROS in enhancing susceptibility of S. epidermidis toward β-lactam antibiotics and also revealed a propensity for clinical isolates to accumulate TCA cycle dysfunctions presumably as a way to tolerate these …
Database-Guided Discovery Of Potent Peptides To Combat Hiv-1 Or Superbugs., Guangshun Wang
Database-Guided Discovery Of Potent Peptides To Combat Hiv-1 Or Superbugs., Guangshun Wang
Journal Articles: Pathology and Microbiology
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), small host defense proteins, are indispensable for the protection of multicellular organisms such as plants and animals from infection. The number of AMPs discovered per year increased steadily since the 1980s. Over 2,000 natural AMPs from bacteria, protozoa, fungi, plants, and animals have been registered into the antimicrobial peptide database (APD). The majority of these AMPs (>86%) possess 11-50 amino acids with a net charge from 0 to +7 and hydrophobic percentages between 31-70%. This article summarizes peptide discovery on the basis of the APD. The major methods are the linguistic model, database screening, de novo …
A Genetic Resource For Rapid And Comprehensive Phenotype Screening Of Nonessential Staphylococcus Aureus Genes., Paul D. Fey, Jennifer L. Endres, Vijaya Kumar Yajjala, Todd J. Widhelm, Robert J. Boissy, Jeffrey L. Bose, Kenneth W. Bayles
A Genetic Resource For Rapid And Comprehensive Phenotype Screening Of Nonessential Staphylococcus Aureus Genes., Paul D. Fey, Jennifer L. Endres, Vijaya Kumar Yajjala, Todd J. Widhelm, Robert J. Boissy, Jeffrey L. Bose, Kenneth W. Bayles
Journal Articles: Pathology and Microbiology
UNLABELLED: To enhance the research capabilities of investigators interested in Staphylococcus aureus, the Nebraska Center for Staphylococcal Research (CSR) has generated a sequence-defined transposon mutant library consisting of 1,952 strains, each containing a single mutation within a nonessential gene of the epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant S. aureus (CA-MRSA) isolate USA300. To demonstrate the utility of this library for large-scale screening of phenotypic alterations, we spotted the library on indicator plates to assess hemolytic potential, protease production, pigmentation, and mannitol utilization. As expected, we identified many genes known to function in these processes, thus validating the utility of this approach. Importantly, we …