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Mutation of luxS affects growth and virulence factor expression in Streptococcus pyogenes.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 2001
Lyon W R, Madden J C, Levin J C, Stein J L, Caparon M G
Abstract excerpt
Adaptive responses of bacteria that involve sensing the presence of other bacteria are often critical for proliferation and the expression of virulence characteristics. The autoinducer II (AI-2) pathway has recently been shown to be a mechanism for sensing other bacteria that is highly conserved...
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