Role of Streptococcus pyogenes two-component response regulators in the temporal control of Mga and the Mga-regulated virulence gene emm

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3668-3673

  Ribardo, Deborah A ^a   Lambert, Thomas J ^a   McIver, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MGA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMM GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH CURVE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES TWO COMPONENT RESPONSE REGULATOR; WILD TYPE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEROTYPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2542617705     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3668-3673.2004     Document Type: Article

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