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Regulation of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene in Staphylococcus aureus.
Molecules and cells - 28 Feb 1997
Woo J H, Kim Y S, Hwang S D
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus produces various proteins in response to discrete signals from the external environment like many other pathogenic microorganisms. Certain staphylococcal exoproteins including toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 (TSST-1) are secreted according to the stimuli from the environment, and the quantity synthesized is influenced by a number of different parameters. Using a transposon Tn551-mediated...
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