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Staphylococcus aureus Agr and Sar global regulators influence internalization and induction of apoptosis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 1998
Wesson C A, Liou L E, Todd K M, Bohach G A, Trumble W R, Bayles K W
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Staphylococcus aureus was recently shown to be internalized by and to induce apoptosis in a bovine mammary epithelial cell line, suggesting that these processes could be involved in staphylococcal pathogenesis or persistence. To examine the role of virulence factor regulators during internalization, mutant agr and sar strains of S. aureus were analyzed for their abilities to enter and induce apoptosis in...
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