Microevolution of group a streptococci in vivo: Capturing regulatory networks engaged in sociomicrobiology, niche adaptation, and hypervirulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Aziz, Ramy K ^a,b,c,d   Kansal, Rita ^a,b   Aronow, Bruce J ^e   Taylor, William L ^f   Rowe, Sarah L ^a,b,f   Kubal, Michael ^d   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^g   Walker, Mark J ^h   Kotb, Malak ^a,b,i  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

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

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICE; SELECTION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77956336931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009798     Document Type: Article

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