Mutation of luxS affects growth and virulence factor expression in Streptococcus pyogenes
Open Access
- 1 October 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 42 (1) , 145-157
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02616.x
Abstract
Adaptive responses of bacteria that involve sensing the presence of other bacteria are often critical for proliferation and the expression of virulence characteristics. The autoinducer II (AI‐2) path...Keywords
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