SlyA is a transcriptional regulator involved in the virulence of Enterococcus faecalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2638-2645

  Michaux, Charlotte ^a   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^b   Reffuveille, Fany ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Posteraro, Brunella ^b   Gilmore, Michael S ^c   Hartke, Axel ^a   Giard, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SLYA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LARVA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959465210     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01132-10     Document Type: Article

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