Inactivation of DltA modulates virulence factor expression in Streptococcus pyogenes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Cox, Kathleen H ^a   Ruiz Bustos, Eduardo ^a,e   Courtney, Harry S ^a,b   Dale, James B ^a,b   Pence, Morgan A ^c   Nizet, Victor ^c   Aziz, Ramy K ^d   Gerling, Ivan ^a,b   Price, Susan M ^a   Hasty, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; M PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN EMM; PROTEIN RGG; PROTEIN ROFA; PROTEIN SIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ALANYL LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; ALANYL-LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL M PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTERIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 65549098067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005366     Document Type: Article

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