Rgg influences the expression of multiple regulatory loci to coregulate virulence factor expression in Streptococcus pyogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 762-770

  Chaussee, Michael S ^a   Sylva, Gail L ^a   Sturdevant, Daniel E ^a   Smoot, Laura M ^a   Graham, Morag R ^a   Watson, Robert O ^a   Musser, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN CSRRS; PROTEIN EMM; PROTEIN FASBCA; PROTEIN GRAB; PROTEIN HASAB; PROTEIN MAC; PROTEIN MF 1; PROTEIN MF 3; PROTEIN MGA; PROTEIN ORFX; PROTEIN RGG; PROTEIN SC11; PROTEIN SCPA; PROTEIN SKA; PROTEIN SLO; PROTEIN SPEH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036153610     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.2.762-770.2002     Document Type: Article

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