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Defining the strain-dependent impact of the Staphylococcal accessory regulator (sarA) on the alpha-toxin phenotype of Staphylococcus aureus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2011
Zielinska Agnieszka K, Beenken Karen E, Joo Hwang-Soo, Mrak Lara N, Griffin Linda M, Luong Thanh T, Lee Chia Y, Otto Michael, Shaw Lindsey N, Smeltzer Mark S
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We demonstrate that mutation of the staphylococcal accessory regulator (sarA) limits the accumulation of alpha-toxin and phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs) in Staphylococcus aureus isolates of the USA300 clonal lineage. Degradation assays and experiments done with protease inhibitors suggested that this was due to the increased production of extracellular proteases rather than differences associated with the impact...
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