Identification of an unusual pattern of global gene expression in group B Streptococcus grown in human blood.

Because passage of the bacterium to blood is a crucial step in the pathogenesis of many group B Streptococcus (GBS) invasive infections, we recently conducted a whole-genome transcriptome analysis during GBS incubation ex vivo with human blood. In the current work, we sought to analyze in detail the...

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Main Authors: Laurent Mereghetti, Izabela Sitkiewicz, Nicole M Green, James M Musser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2745576?pdf=render