Capsule expression regulated by a two-component signal transduction system in Streptococcus iniae

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 366-374

  Bolotin, Shelly ^a   Fuller, Jeffrey D ^b   Bast, Darrin J ^a,c   Beveridge, Terry J ^d   De Azavedo, Joyce C S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capsule regulation; Streptococcus iniae; Two component system

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34447252115     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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