RovS and its associated signaling peptide form a cell-to-cell communication system required for Streptococcus agalactiae pathogenesis

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Pérez Pascual, David ^a   Gaudu, Philippe ^a   Fleuchot, Betty ^a   Besset, Colette ^a   Rosinski Chupin, Isabelle ^b   Guillot, Alain ^a   Monnet, Véronique ^a   Gardan, Rozenn ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; OPPA1 F OLIGOPEPTIDE TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; PPTAB EXPORTER PROTEIN; PROTEIN EEP; PROTEIN ROVS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GBS1556 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; ROVS GENE; SHP GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84924170759     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02306-14     Document Type: Article

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