Analysis of two-component systems in group B streptococcus shows that RgfAC and the novel FspSR modulate virulence and bacterial fitness

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Faralla, Cristina ^a   Metruccio, Matteo M ^a,c   De Chiara, Matteo ^a   Mu, Rong ^b   Patras, Kathryn A ^b   Muzzi, Alessandro ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a   Margarit, Immaculada ^a   Doran, Kelly S ^b   Janulczyk, Robert ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN FSPSR; PROTEIN RGFAC; SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CARBON SOURCE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TWO COMPONENT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION SYSTEMS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VAGINA; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOMICS; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VAGINA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84903973633     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00870-14     Document Type: Article

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