Article
Effects of the ERES pathogenicity region regulator Ralp3 on Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M49 virulence factor expression.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2012
Siemens Nikolai, Fiedler Tomas, Normann Jana, Klein Johannes, Münch Richard, Patenge Nadja, Kreikemeyer Bernd
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus [GAS]) is a highly virulent Gram-positive bacterium. For successful infection, GAS expresses many virulence factors, which are clustered together with transcriptional regulators in distinct genomic regions. Ralp3 is a central regulator of the ERES region. In this study, we investigated the role of Ralp3 in GAS M49 pathogenesis. The inactivation of Ralp3 resulted in...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Humans
- Hyaluronic Acid
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- RNA, Bacterial
