McNamara Peter J, Bayer Arnold S
Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, 1300 University Avenue, University of Wisconsin, Biochemistry Building, Room 250, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
Infect Immun. 2005 Jun;73(6):3806-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3806-3809.2005.
Mutations in rot restore in vitro toxin production to agr-negative strains of Staphylococcus aureus. We show that a rot mutation returns wild-type virulence to an agr mutant, as measured in experimental endocarditis infections by target organ bacterial counts. Implications of our data are discussed in terms of agr antagonist strategies.
rot基因的突变可使金黄色葡萄球菌的agr阴性菌株恢复体外毒素产生能力。我们发现,在实验性心内膜炎感染中,通过靶器官细菌计数测量,rot基因突变可使agr突变体恢复野生型毒力。我们从agr拮抗剂策略的角度讨论了这些数据的意义。