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Regulatory rewiring confers serotype-specific hyper-virulence in the human pathogen group A Streptococcus.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Oct 2015
Miller Eric W, Danger Jessica L, Ramalinga Anupama B, Horstmann Nicola, Shelburne Samuel A, Sumby Paul
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Phenotypic heterogeneity is commonly observed between isolates of a given pathogen. Epidemiological analyses have identified that some serotypes of the group A Streptococcus (GAS) are non-randomly associated with particular disease manifestations. Here, we present evidence that a contributing factor to the association of serotype M3 GAS isolates with severe invasive infections is the presence of a null mutant...
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