The orphan response regulator RevSC21 controls the attachment of Streptococcus suis serotype-2 to human laryngeal epithelial cells and the expression of virulence genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-181

  Wu, Tao ^a,b   Chang, Haitao ^a   Tan, Chen ^a   Bei, Weicheng ^a   Chen, Huanchun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Controlling virulence; RevSC21; Streptococcus suis 2; Transcriptional regulator; Vaccine candidate

Indexed keywords

STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE SC211; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REVSC21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CPS GENE; DRUG EFFICACY; EF GENE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FBPS GENE; FEMALE; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GYRA GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYL GENE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LARYNX MUCOSA; MOUSE; MRP GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVSC21 GENE; RPOB GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLY GENE; SOD GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS 2; VIRULENCE GENE;

MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 60349112651     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01486.x     Document Type: Article

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