Functional analysis of the quorum-sensing streptococcal invasion locus (sil).

Group A streptococcus (GAS) causes a wide variety of human diseases, and at the same time, GAS can also circulate without producing symptoms, similar to its close commensal relative, group G streptococcus (GGS). We previously identified, by transposon-tagged mutagenesis, the streptococcal invasion l...

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Main Authors: Ilia Belotserkovsky, Moshe Baruch, Asaf Peer, Eran Dov, Miriam Ravins, Inbal Mishalian, Merav Persky, Yoav Smith, Emanuel Hanski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2766830?pdf=render