Role for sagA and siaA in quorum sensing and iron regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5011-5017

  Salim, Kowthar Y ^a   De Azavedo, Joyce C ^b   Bast, Darrin J ^b   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IRON; STREPTOLYSIN S; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HTSA GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PEL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAGA GENE; SIAA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOLYSINS; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 34848915115     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01824-06     Document Type: Article

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