Characterization of MtsR, a new metal regulator in group A streptococcus, involved in iron acquisition and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5743-5753

  Bates, Christopher S ^a   Toukoki, Chadia ^a   Neely, Melody N ^b   Eichenbaum, Zehava ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON 55; MANGANESE; METAL; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN MTSR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RUFOCROMOMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MTSR GENE; MUCOSA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DTXR; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SKIN; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 23944460124     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.5743-5753.2005     Document Type: Article

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