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Autoinducer of Virulence As a Target for Vaccine and Therapy AgainstStaphylococcus aureus
17 Apr 1998
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus causes pathologies ranging from minor skin infections to life-threatening diseases. Pathogenic effects are largely due to production of bacterial toxin, which is regulated by an RNA molecule, RNAIII. The S. aureus protein called RAP (RNAIII activating protein) activates RNAIII, and a peptide called RIP (RNAIII inhibiting peptide), produced by a nonpathogenic bacteria, inhibits RNAIII. Mice...
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