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Staphylococcus aureus ranalexin iTRAQ experiment (10 salt cuts)

ABSTRACT: Not available

INSTRUMENT(S): QSTAR XL, instrument model

ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus Aureus (strain Mrsa252)

SUBMITTER: Catherine Botting

PROVIDER: PRD000312 | Pride | 2011-09-02

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Global network analysis of drug tolerance, mode of action and virulence in methicillin-resistant S. aureus.

Overton Ian M IM Graham Shirley S Gould Katherine A KA Hinds Jason J Botting Catherine H CH Shirran Sally S Barton Geoffrey J GJ Coote Peter J PJ

BMC systems biology 20110512

<h4>Background</h4>Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen and strains resistant to existing treatments continue to emerge. Development of novel treatments is therefore important. Antimicrobial peptides represent a source of potential novel antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria such as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A promising antimicrobial peptide is ranalexin, which has potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria, and particularly S. aureus. Understanding mo ...[more]

PMID: 21569391

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