Regulation of protein H expression in M1 serotype isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-15

  Smith, Tara C ^a   Sledjeski, Darren D ^a   Boyle, Michael D P ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological selection; Mga regulon; sph

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BINDING FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SEROTYPE; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0037436091     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01184-9     Document Type: Article

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