Serotype- and strain- dependent contribution of the sensor kinase CovS of the CovRS two-component system to Streptococcus pyogenes pathogenesis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sugareva, Venelina ^a   Arlt, Regina ^a   Fiedler, Tomas ^a   Riani, Catur ^a   Podbielski, Andreas ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; SENSOR KINASE COVS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COVS PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; HYALURONIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KERATINOCYTES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 77249160241     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-34     Document Type: Article

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