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Oxygen-dependent phenotypic variation in group A streptococcus.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2016
Chiang-Ni Chuan, Nian Siao-Ying, Wu Jiunn-Jong, Chen Chih-Jung
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BACKGROUND: The phenotypic heterogeneity of the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes [group A streptococcus (GAS)] is associated with bacterial virulence variation. During invasive GAS infection, mutations in the two-component regulatory system covR/covS leads to increases in hyaluronic acid capsule production, virulence genes expression, and lethality in the mouse infection model. Phenotypic variation of GAS is...
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