Serine/threonine protein kinase Stk is required for virulence, stress response, and penicillin tolerance in Streptococcus pyogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4201-4209

  Bugrysheva, Julia ^a   Froehlich, Barbara J ^a   Freiberg, Jeffrey A ^a   Scott, June R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH RATE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRESS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSITIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PENICILLINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 80855141106     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05360-11     Document Type: Article

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