Published in Biosci Biotechnol Biochem on May 01, 2004
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Comparative whole-genome mapping to determine Staphylococcus aureus genome size, virulence motifs, and clonality. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.91
Identification of ORF636 in phage phiSLT carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes, acting as an adhesion protein for a poly(glycerophosphate) chain of lipoteichoic acid on the cell surface of Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.89
Structurally designed attenuated subunit vaccines for S. aureus LukS-PV and LukF-PV confer protection in a mouse bacteremia model. PLoS One (2013) 0.88
Leukocidin genes lukF-P83 and lukM are associated with Taphylococcus aureus clonal complexes 151, 479 and 133 isolated from bovine udder infections in Thuringia, Germany. Vet Res (2012) 0.88
Detection and quantification of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus cultures by ELISA and Western blotting: diethylpyrocarbonate inhibits binding of protein A to IgG. J Immunol Methods (2010) 0.87
Staphylococcus aureus corneal infections: effect of the Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) and antibody to PVL on virulence and pathology. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (2013) 0.87
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Staphylococcus aureus gene expression in a rat model of infective endocarditis. Genome Med (2014) 0.82
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Mapping the transcription start points of the Staphylococcus aureus eap, emp, and vwb promoters reveals a conserved octanucleotide sequence that is essential for expression of these genes. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.81
Engineering of the LukS-PV and LukF-PV subunits of Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. BMC Biotechnol (2013) 0.80
Obstructing toxin pathways by targeted pore blockage. Chem Rev (2012) 0.80
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Separately or combined, LukG/LukH is functionally unique compared to other staphylococcal bicomponent leukotoxins. PLoS One (2014) 0.77
The Dynamic of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage in Central Iran. Jundishapur J Microbiol (2015) 0.77
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Detection of ST772 Panton-Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Bengal Bay clone) and ST22 S. aureus isolates with a genetic variant of elastin binding protein in Nepal. New Microbes New Infect (2016) 0.75
Painful nodule with induration and spreading erythema. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) (2005) 0.75
Inhibiting bacterial toxins by channel blockage. Pathog Dis (2015) 0.75
Above and beyond C5a Receptor Targeting by Staphylococcal Leucotoxins: Retrograde Transport of Panton-Valentine Leucocidin and γ-Hemolysin. Toxins (Basel) (2017) 0.75
Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus from Lambaréné, Gabon. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2016) 0.75
Ante-partum necrotising myometritis due to Streptococcal toxic shock. J Intensive Care Soc (2015) 0.75
Targeting and inactivation of bacterial toxins by human defensins. Biol Chem (2017) 0.75
Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing skin and soft tissue infections in patients from Malakand, Pakistan. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2016) 0.75
The association between Staphylococcus aureus strains carrying panton-valentine leukocidin genes and the development of deep-seated follicular infection. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.48
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An iron-binding protein, Dpr, from Streptococcus mutans prevents iron-dependent hydroxyl radical formation in vitro. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.32
Complete nucleotide sequence of plasmid Rts1: implications for evolution of large plasmid genomes. J Bacteriol (2002) 1.18
Single-molecule imaging of cooperative assembly of gamma-hemolysin on erythrocyte membranes. EMBO J (2003) 1.14
Regulation of the intracellular free iron pool by Dpr provides oxygen tolerance to Streptococcus mutans. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.05
Controlling pore assembly of staphylococcal gamma-haemolysin by low temperature and by disulphide bond formation in double-cysteine LukF mutants. Mol Microbiol (2002) 0.99
Stochastic assembly of two-component staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin into heteroheptameric transmembrane pores with alternate subunit arrangements in ratios of 3:4 and 4:3. J Bacteriol (2002) 0.98
2-Methyl-2,4-pentanediol induces spontaneous assembly of staphylococcal α-hemolysin into heptameric pore structure. Protein Sci (2011) 0.97
Cloning, expression, and cell surface localization of Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61 xylanase 5, a multidomain xylanase. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 0.96
Leukotoxin family genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from domestic animals and prevalence of lukM-lukF-PV genes by bacteriophages in bovine isolates. Vet Microbiol (2005) 0.90
Identification of ORF636 in phage phiSLT carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes, acting as an adhesion protein for a poly(glycerophosphate) chain of lipoteichoic acid on the cell surface of Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.89
Cadaverine covalently linked to the peptidoglycan serves as the correct constituent for the anchoring mechanism between the outer membrane and peptidoglycan in Selenomonas ruminantium. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.89
Single-molecule visualization of environment-sensitive fluorophores inserted into cell membranes by staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin. Biochemistry (2006) 0.89
Nucleotide sequences and organization of the genes for carotovoricin (Ctv) from Erwinia carotovora indicate that Ctv evolved from the same ancestor as Salmonella typhi prophage. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2006) 0.87
Cell surface xylanases of the glycoside hydrolase family 10 are essential for xylan utilization by Paenibacillus sp. W-61 as generators of xylo-oligosaccharide inducers for the xylanase genes. J Bacteriol (2010) 0.86
Essential residues, W177 and R198, of LukF for phosphatidylcholine-binding and pore-formation by staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin on human erythrocyte membranes. J Biochem (2004) 0.86
Expression of gamma-hemolysin regulated by sae in Staphylococcus aureus strain Smith 5R. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2006) 0.86
Characterization of a counterpart to Mammalian ornithine decarboxylase antizyme in prokaryotes. J Biol Chem (2005) 0.85
Occurrence of agmatine pathway for putrescine synthesis in Selenomonas ruminatium. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2008) 0.85
The membrane lipoprotein LppX of Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61 serves as a molecular chaperone for xylanase of glycoside hydrolase family 11 during secretion across the cytoplasmic membrane. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.83
Temperature-dependent production of carotovoricin Er and pectin lyase in phytopathogenic Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora Er. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2002) 0.83
Cloning, expression, and pore-forming properties of mature and precursor forms of pleurotolysin, a sphingomyelin-specific two-component cytolysin from the edible mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus. Biochim Biophys Acta (2004) 0.83
Cooperative assembly of beta-barrel pore-forming toxins. J Biochem (2004) 0.81
Identification of a 22-kDa protein required for the degradation of Selenomonas ruminantium lysine decarboxylase by ATP-dependent protease. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2002) 0.81
Molecular dissection of the Selenomonas ruminantium cell envelope and lysine decarboxylase involved in the biosynthesis of a polyamine covalently linked to the cell wall peptidoglycan layer. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2004) 0.80
Purification, characterization and amplification of a 1.8 kbp fragment of xylanase 5 from Aeromonas caviae W-61. Indian J Biochem Biophys (2002) 0.80
Binding sequences for RdgB, a DNA damage-responsive transcriptional activator, and temperature-dependent expression of bacteriocin and pectin lyase genes in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. Appl Environ Microbiol (2008) 0.79
Cloning, expression, and transglycosylation reaction of Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61 xylanase 1. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2008) 0.78
Assembly of staphylococcal leukocidin into a pore-forming oligomer on detergent-resistant membrane microdomains, lipid rafts, in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2006) 0.77
Molecular basis for the maintenance of envelope integrity in Selenomonas ruminantium: cadaverine biosynthesis and covalent modification into the peptidoglycan play a major role. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) (2012) 0.77
Gene cloning and molecular characterization of an extracellular poly(L-lactic acid) depolymerase from Amycolatopsis sp. strain K104-1. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.75
Cluster-forming property correlated with hemolytic activity by staphylococcal γ-hemolysin transmembrane pores. FEBS Lett (2011) 0.75
Two segments in bacterial antizyme P22 are essential for binding and enhance degradation of lysine/ornithine decarboxylase in Selenomonas ruminantium. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.75
Preliminary X-ray crystallographic study of staphylococcal α-haemolysin monomer. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun (2013) 0.75
AxyR, an AraC family transcriptional activator of the xylanase 3 gene, requires xylo-oligosaccharides as a cofactor for DNA binding in Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2012) 0.75
Identification of serine138 residue in the 4-residue segment K135K1361137S138 of LukS-I component of Staphylococcus intermedius leukocidin crucial for the LukS-I-specific function of staphylococcal leukocidin. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2002) 0.75