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Exfoliatin-Producing Strains Define a Fourth agr Specificity Group in Staphylococcus aureus

The staphylococcal virulon is activated by the density-sensing agr system, which is autoinduced by a short peptide (autoinducing peptide [AIP]) processed from a propeptide encoded by agrD. A central segment of the agr locus, consisting of the C-terminal two-thirds of AgrB (the putative processing en...

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Main Authors: Jarraud, S., Lyon, G. J., Figueiredo, A. M. S., Gérard, Lina, Vandenesch, F., Etienne, J., Muir, T. W., Novick, R. P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC94802/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11053400
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