The luxS gene of Streptococcus pyogenes regulates expression of genes that affect internalization by epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5633-5639

  Marouni, Mehran J ^a   Sela, Shlomo ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; EXOTOXIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; LUXS GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSFERASES; VIRULENCE; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0141669064     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5633-5639.2003     Document Type: Article

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