The CodY pleiotropic repressor controls virulence in gram-positive pathogens

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-139

  Stenz, Ludwig ^a,b   Francois, Patrice ^a   Whiteson, Katrine ^a   Wolz, Christiane ^c   Linder, Patrick ^b   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Clostridium difficile; Listeria monocytogenes; Sreptococcus pyogenes; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ANTHRAX TOXIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMOLYSIN; PROTEIN CODY; PROTEINASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DENTAL CARIES; DIARRHEA; DIMERIZATION; GENE TARGETING; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SHORT SURVEY; SPOROGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79958807695     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00812.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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