The putative glycosyltransferase-encoding gene cylJ and the group B streptococcus (GBS)-specific gene cylK modulate hemolysin production and virulence of GBS

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2063-2066

  Forquin, Marie Pierre ^a   Tazi, Asmae ^a   Rosa Fraile, Manuel ^b   Poyart, Claire ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a   Dramsi, Shaynoor ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HIMAR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CYLJ GENE; CYLK GENE; CYTOLYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON MUTAGENESIS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ECONOMICS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RATS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34147093683     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01565-06     Document Type: Article

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