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Reference

References for Background

1. Ryan, K.J., Ray, C.G., & Ahmad, N. (2004). Sherris medical microbiology. McGraw-Hill. 


2. Kluytmans, J., van Belkum, A., & Verbrugh, H. (1997). Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: epidemiology, underlying mechanisms, and associated risks. Clin Microbiol Rev, 10(3), 505-520. 


3. Franklin, D., & Lowy, F.D. (1998). Staphylococcus aureus infections. N Engl J Med, 339(27), 520-532. 


4. Kiran, M.D., Adikesavan, N.V., Cirioni, O., Giacometti, A., Silvestri, C., Scalise, G., Ghiselli, R., Saba, V., Orlando, F., Shoham, M., & Balaban, N. (2008). Discovery of a quorum-sensing inhibitor of drug-resistant Staphylococcal infections by structure-based virtual screening. Mol Pharmacol, 73(5), 718-726. 


5. Sturme, M.H.J., Francke, C., Siezen, R.J., de Vos, W.M., & Kleerebezem, M. (2007). Making sense of quorum sensing in lactobacilli: a special focus on lactobacillus plantarum wcfs1. Microbiology, 153, 3939–3947.  


6. Kleerebezem, M., Quadri, L. E. N., Kuipers, O. P. & De Vos, W. M.(1997). Quorum sensing by peptide pheromones and two-componentsignal-transduction systems in Gram-positive bacteria. Molecular Microbiology, l24, 895–904.  


7. Morfeldt, E., Janzon, L., Arvidson, S., and Lofdahl, S. (1988) Cloning of a chromosomal locus (exp) which regulates the expression of several exoprotein genes in Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Gen Genet, 211, 435–440.  


8. Ji, G., Beavis, R.C., and Novick, R.P. (1995) Cell density control of staphylococcal virulence mediated by an octapeptide pheromone. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 92, 12055–12059.  


9. Novick, R.P., Ross, H.F., Projan, S.J., Kornblum, J., Kreiswirth, B., & Moghazeh, S. (1993). Synthesis of Staphylococcal virulence factors is controlled by a regulatory RNA molecule. EMBO J, 12(10), 3967-3975.  


10. Koenig, R.L., Ray, J.L., Maleki, S.J., Smeltzer, M.S., Hurlburt, B.K. (2004). Staphylococcus aureus AgrA binding to the RNAIII-agr regulatory region. J of Bacteriol, 186(22), 7549-7555.  


11. Korem, M., Sheoran , A.S., Gov, Y., Tzipori, S., Borovok, I., & Balaban, N. (2003). Characterization of RAP, a quorum sensing activator of Staphylococcus aureus. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 223(2), 167-175.  


12. Balaban, N., Goldkorn, T., Gov, Y., Hirshberg, M., Koyfman, N., Matthews, H.R., Nhan, R.T., Singh, B., Uziel, O. (2001). Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis via target of RNAIII-activating protein (TRAP). J Biol Chem, 276(4), 2658-2667. 


13. Novick RP, Projan SJ, Kornblum J, Ross HF, Ji G, et al. 1995. The agr P2 operon: an autocatalytic sensory transduction system in taphylococcus aureus. Mol. Gen. Genet, 248, 446–58.   


14. Novick, R. P. & Geisinger, E. (2008). Quorum sensing in Staphylococci. Annual Review of Genetics, 42, 541–64.  


15. Gov, Y., Borovok, I., Korem, M., Singh, V.K., Jayaswal, R.K., Wilkinson, B.J., Rich, S.M., & Balaban, N. (2004). Quorum sensing in Staphylococci is regulated via phosphorylation of three conserved histidine residues. J Biol Chem, 279(15), 14665-14672.  


16. Geisinger, E., George, E.A., Muir, T.W., & Novick, R.P.(2008). Identification of ligand specificity determinants in agrc, the staphylococcus aureus quorum-sensing receptor . The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(14), 8930–8938. 


17. Jarraud, S., Mougel, C., Thioulouse, J., & Lina, G. (2002). Relationships between staphylococcus aureus genetic background, virulence factors, agr groups (alleles), and human disease . Infection and Immunity, 70(2), 631–641.  


18. Gov, Y., Bitler, A., Dell'Acqua, G., Torres, J.V., & Balaban, N. (2001). RNAIII inhibiting peptide (RIP), a global inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: structure and function analysis. Peptides, 22(10), 1609-1620.  


19. Johnsborg, O., Diep, D. B. & Nes, N. F. (2003). Structural analysis of the peptide pheromone receptor plnB, a histidine protein kinase from Lactobacillus plantarum. Journal of Bacteriology, 185 (23), 6913–6920.  


20. Balaban, N., & Novick, R.P. (1995). Autocrine regulation of toxin synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 92(5), 1619-1623.   


21. Costerton JW, Montanaro L, Arciola CR. (2007). Bacterial communications in implant infections: a target for an intelligence war. Int J Artif Organs. 30(9):757-63.


22. Novick, R.P., Ross, H.F., Figueiredo, A.M.S., Abramochkin, G., Muir, T., Balaban, N., Singh, B., Goldkorn, T., Rasooly, A., Torres, J.V., & Uziel, O. (2000). Activation and inhibition of the Staphylococcal agr system. Science, 287, 391. 


23. Balaban, N., Collins, L.V., Cullor, J.S., Hume, E.B., Medina-Acosta, E., Vieira da Motta, O., O'Callaghan, R., Rossitto, P.V., Shirtliff, M.E., Serafim da Silveira, L., Tarkowski, A., & Torres, J.V. (2000). Prevention of diseases caused by Staphylococcus aureus using the peptide RIP. Peptides, 21(9), 1301-1311. 


24. Balaban, N., Goldkorn, T., Nhan, R.T., Dang, L.B., Scott, S., Ridgley, R.M., Rasooly, A., Wright, S.C., Larrick, J.W., Rasooly, R., & Carlson, J.R. (1998). Autoinducer of virulence as a target for vaccine and therapy against Staphylococcus aureus. Science, 280(5362), 438-440. 


25. Balaban, N., Gov, Y., Giacometti, A., Cirioni, O., Ghiselli, R., Mocchegiani, F., Orlando, F., D'Amato, G., Saba, V., Scalise, G., Bernes, S., & Mor, A. (2004). A chimeric peptide composed of a dermaseptin derivative and an RNAIII-inhibiting peptide prevents graft-associated infections by antibiotic-resistant Staphylococci. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 48(7), 2544-2550.  

References for Experiment Design

1. Johnsborg, O., Diep, D. B. & Nes, N. F. (2003). Structural analysis of the peptide pheromone receptor plnB, a histidine protein kinase from Lactobacillus plantarum. Journal of Bacteriology, 185 (23), 6913–6920.


2. Gov, Y., Bitler, A., Dell'Acqua, G., Torres, J.V., & Balaban, N. (2001). RNAIII inhibiting peptide (RIP), a global inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis: structure and function analysis. Peptides, 22(10), 1609-1620.


3. Van de Guchte, M., van der Vossen, J.M.B.M, Kok, J., & Venema, G. (1989). Construction of a Lactococcal expression vector: expression of hen egg white lysozyme in Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis. Appl Environ Microbiol, 55(1), 224-228.


4. Van Der Lelie, D., Van Der Vossen, J.M.B.M., & Venema, G. (1987). Isolation and characterization of Streptococcus cremoris wg2-specific promoters. Appl Environ Microbiol, 53(10), 2452-2457.


5. Pretzer, G., Snel, J., Molenaar, D.,  Wiersma, A., Bron, P.A., Lambert, J., de Vos, W.M., van der Meer, R., Smits, M.A., & Kleerebezem, M. (2005). Biodiversity-based identification and functional characterization of the mannose-specific adhesin of Lactobacillus plantarum. J Bacteriol, 187(17), 6128-6136.


6. Mathiesen, G., Sveen, A., Brurberg, M.B., Fredriksen, L., Axelsson, L., & Eijsink, V.G. (2009). Genome-wide analysis of signal peptide functionality in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1. BMC Genomics, 10(425).


7. Saunders, C.W., Schmidt, B.J., Mirot, M.S., Thompson, L.D., & Guyer, M.S. (1984). Use of Chromosomal integration in the establishment and expression of blaz, a Staphylococcus aureus β-lactamase gene, in bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol, 157(3), 718-726.


8. Kiran, M.D., Adikesavan, N.V., Cirioni, O., Giacometti, A., Silvestri, C., Scalise, G., Ghiselli, R., Saba, V., Orlandor, F., Shoham, M., & Balaban, N. (2008). Discovery of a quorum-sensing inhibitor of drug-resistant staphylococcal infections by structure-based virtual screening. Molecular Pharmacology, 73(5), 718-726.


9. Balaban, N., & Novick, R.P. (1995). Autocrine regulation of toxin synthesis by Staphylococcus aureus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 92(5), 1619-1623.