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Phevalin (aureusimine B)Production by Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm and Impacts on Human Keratinocyte Gene Expression
13 Jul 2012
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Staphylococcus aureus biofilms are associated with chronic skin infections and are orders of magnitude more resistant to antimicrobials and host responses. S. aureus contains conserved nonribosomal peptide synthetases that produce the cyclic dipeptides tyrvalin and phevalin (aureusimine A and B, respectively). The biological function of these compounds has been speculated to be involved in virulence factor gene...
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