What is the size of the group A streptococcal vir regulon? The Mga regulator affects expression of secreted and surface virulence factors

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-181

  Podbielski, A ^a   Woischnik, M ^a   Pohl, B ^a   Schmidt, K H ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine protease; Mga regulator; Oligopeptide permease; Streptococcus pyogenes; vir regulon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PERMEASE; STREPTOKINASE; STREPTOLYSIN O; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REGULON; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0030476579     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050028     Document Type: Article

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