The orphan response regulator CovR: A globally negative modulator of virulence in Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2601-2612

  Pan, Xiuzhen ^a,b   Ge, Junchao ^a,b   Li, Ming ^c,e   Wu, Bo ^d   Wang, Changjun ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Feng, Youjun ^e   Yin, Zhimin ^b   Zheng, Feng ^a   Cheng, Gong ^a   Sun, Wen ^a,b   Ji, Hongfeng ^a,b   Hu, Dan ^a,c   Shi, Peiju ^a,b   Feng, Xiaodan ^a   Hao, Xina ^a,b   Dong, Ruiping ^a   Hu, Fuquan ^c   Tang, Jiaqi ^a  

^a Research Institute for Medicine of Nanjing Command   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COVR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL KILLING; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEMOLYSIS; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 65249142114     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01309-08     Document Type: Article

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