The enhancin-like metalloprotease from theBacillus cereusgroup is regulated by the pleiotropic transcriptional activator PlcR but is not essential for larvicidal activity
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- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 260 (1) , 9-16
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00289.x
Abstract
Bacillus cereus group bacteria produce virulence factors. Many of these are regulated by the pleiotropic transcriptional activator PlcR, which is impKeywords
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