Group A streptococcal growth phase-associated virulence factor regulation by a novel operon (Fas) with homologies to two-component-type regulators requires a small RNA molecule

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 392-406

  Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^a   Boyle, Michael D P ^b   Buttaro, Bettina A ^c   Heinemann, Markus ^a   Podbielski, Andreas ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Institute of Medical Microbiology Virology and Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN FAX; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN FAS; RNA; STREPTOKINASE; STREPTOLYSIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0035151016     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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