Effects of the ERES pathogenicity region regulator Ralp3 on Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M49 virulence factor expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3618-3626

  Siemens, Nikolai ^a   Fiedler, Tomas ^a   Normann, Jana ^a   Klein, Johannes ^b   Münch, Richard ^b   Patenge, Nadja ^a   Kreikemeyer, Bernd ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEIN RALP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ADHESION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 84864003591     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00227-12     Document Type: Article

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