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Natural variation in the promoter of the gene encoding the Mga regulator alters host-pathogen interactions in group a Streptococcus carrier strains.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2013
Flores Anthony R, Olsen Randall J, Wunsche Andrea, Kumaraswami Muthiah, Shelburne Samuel A, Carroll Ronan K, Musser James M
Abstract excerpt
Humans commonly carry pathogenic bacteria asymptomatically, but the molecular factors underlying microbial asymptomatic carriage are poorly understood. We previously reported that two epidemiologically unassociated serotype M3 group A Streptococcus (GAS) carrier strains had an identical 12-bp del...
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