vfr, a novel locus affecting cysteine protease production in Streptococcus pyogenes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3189-3194

  Ma, Yongsheng ^a,b   Bryant, Amy E ^a,c   Salmi, Dan B ^a   McIndoo, Eric ^a   Stevens, Dennis L ^a,c  

^a Boise VA Medical Center   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERYTHROGENIC TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VFR GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 65549169236     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01771-08     Document Type: Article

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