Rga, a RofA-like regulator, is the major transcriptional activator of the PI-2a pilus in Streptococcus agalactiae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-297

  Dramsi, Shaynoor ^a,b   Dubrac, Sarah ^a,b   Konto Ghiorghi, Yoan ^a,b,e   Da Cunha, Violette ^a,b   Couvé, Elisabeth ^a,b   Glaser, Philippe ^a,b   Caliot, Elise ^a,b   Débarbouillé, Michel ^a,b   Bellais, Samuel ^b,c   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b   Mistou, Michel Yves ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; RGA GENE; ROGB GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84862003286     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2012.0005     Document Type: Article

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