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Regulation of hly expression in Listeria monocytogenes by carbon sources and pH occurs through separate mechanisms mediated by PrfA.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1998
Behari J, Youngman P
Abstract excerpt
Expression of the PrfA-controlled virulence gene hly (encoding the pore-forming cytolysin listeriolysin) is under negative regulation by readily metabolized carbon sources in Listeria monocytogenes. However, the hyperhemolytic strain NCTC 7973 exhibits deregulated hly expression in the presence of repressing sugars, raising the possibility that a defect in carbon source regulation is responsible for its anomalous...
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