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The fruRBA Operon Is Necessary for Group A Streptococcal Growth in Fructose and for Resistance to Neutrophil Killing during Growth in Whole Human Blood.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2016
Valdes Kayla M, Sundar Ganesh S, Vega Luis A, Belew Ashton T, Islam Emrul, Binet Rachel, El-Sayed Najib M, Le Breton Yoann, McIver Kevin S
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Bacterial pathogens rely on the availability of nutrients for survival in the host environment. The phosphoenolpyruvate-phosphotransferase system (PTS) is a global regulatory network connecting sugar uptake with signal transduction. Since the fructose PTS has been shown to impact virulence in several streptococci, including the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes(the group A Streptococcus[GAS]), we...
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