Two Spx regulators modulate stress tolerance and virulence in Streptococcus suis serotype 2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Chengkun ^a   Xu, Jiali ^a   Li, Jinquan ^a   Hu, Luohong ^a   Xia, Jiandong ^a   Fan, Jingyan ^a   Guo, Weina ^a   Chen, Huanchun ^a   Bei, Weicheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN SPXA1; PROTEIN SPXA2; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GROWTH CURVE; INFLAMMATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PIG; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84907484151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108197     Document Type: Article

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