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Identification of a staphylococcal AgrB segment(s) responsible for group-specific processing of AgrD by gene swapping.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 2004
Zhang Linsheng, Ji Guangyong
Abstract excerpt
The four gene products of the accessory gene regulator (agr) P2 operon of Staphylococcus aureus assemble a quorum-sensing system: AgrA and AgrC resemble a two-component signal transduction system, and AgrB and AgrD are required to produce an autoinducing peptide. Upon activation, this quorum-sensing system positively regulates the transcription of the P2 operon as well as the P3 operon, whose transcript, RNAIII,...
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