Thermoregulation of capsule production by streptococcus pyogenes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Kang, Song Ok ^a   Wright, Jordan O ^a   Tesorero, Rafael A ^a   Lee, Hyunwoo ^b   Beall, Bernard ^c   Cho, Kyu Hong ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CVFA PROTEIN; HYALURONIDASE; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COVS PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CSRR PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CVFA ENDORIBONUCLEASE, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVR GENE; COVS GENE; CVFA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HASABC GENE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEMPERATURE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84861213307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037367     Document Type: Article

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