The pleiotropic CymR regulator of Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role in virulence and stress response.

We have characterized a novel pleiotropic role for CymR, the master regulator of cysteine metabolism. We show here that CymR plays an important role both in stress response and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus. Genes involved in detoxification processes, including oxidative stress response and met...

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Main Authors: Olga Soutourina, Sarah Dubrac, Olivier Poupel, Tarek Msadek, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2869319?pdf=render