Relationships between Staphylococcus aureus Genetic Background, Virulence Factors, agr Groups (Alleles), and Human Disease

The expression of most Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors is controlled by the agr locus, which encodes a two-component signaling pathway whose activating ligand is an agr-encoded autoinducing peptide (AIP). A polymorphism in the amino acid sequence of the AIP and of its corresponding receptor...

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Main Authors: Jarraud, Sophie, Mougel, Christophe, Thioulouse, Jean, Lina, Gerard, Meugnier, Hélène, Forey, Françoise, Nesme, Xavier, Etienne, Jerome, Vandenesch, François
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2002
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Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC127674/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11796592
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.2.631-641.2002
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