Expression microarray and mouse virulence analysis of four conserved two-component gene regulatory systems in group A Streptococcus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1339-1351

  Sitkiewicz, Izabela ^a,b   Musser, James M ^a,b,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; PEPTIDASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCPA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 31844444627     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.1339-1351.2006     Document Type: Article

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