Role of glucose and CcpA in capsule expression and virulence of Streptococcus suis

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1823-1833

  Willenborg, J ^a   Fulde, M ^b   de Greeff, A ^c   Rohde, M ^b   Smith, H E ^c   Valentin Weigand, P ^a   Goethe, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCB PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CPS2A PROTEIN; ENO PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; OFS PROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; SAO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 79958179534     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046417-0     Document Type: Article

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