| Literature DB >> 17693503 |
Alexa A Pragman1, Lisa Herron-Olson, Laura C Case, Sara M Vetter, Evan E Henke, Vivek Kapur, Patrick M Schlievert.
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The SrrAB system regulates metabolism and virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus. We sequenced the srrAB loci of 21 isolates and performed a phylogenetic analysis. Vaginal and bovine isolates clustered together, while skin isolates were genetically diverse. Few nucleotide polymorphisms were observed, and most were synonymous. Two strains (N2 and N19) with N-terminal truncations in SrrA displayed defects in growth and abnormally upregulated virulence factor expression under low-oxygen conditions.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17693503 PMCID: PMC2168425 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00547-07
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490