Staphylococcus aureus golden pigment impairs neutrophil killing and promotes virulence through its antioxidant activity

Golden color imparted by carotenoid pigments is the eponymous feature of the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Here we demonstrate a role of this hallmark phenotype in virulence. Compared with the wild-type (WT) bacterium, a S. aureus mutant with disrupted carotenoid biosynthesis is more suscept...

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Autores principales: Liu, George Y., Essex, Anthony, Buchanan, John T., Datta, Vivekanand, Hoffman, Hal M., Bastian, John F., Fierer, Joshua, Nizet, Victor
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2005
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Brief Definitive Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2213009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16009720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20050846

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2213009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16009720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20050846

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