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Deletion of SarX Decreases Biofilm Formation of Staphylococcus aureus in a Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin (PIA)-Dependent Manner by Downregulating spa
1 Jun 2021
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Introduction: Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus is an important virulence determinant mediated by the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA) encoded by the ica operon or mediated by surface and extracellular proteins. SarX is a 250-residue two-domain SarA homolog that activates spa transcription. Previous studies demonstrated that Staphylococcus epidermidis SarX protein regulated the transcriptional...
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