Induction of a quorum sensing pathway by environmental signals enhances group A streptococcal resistance to lysozyme

A new quorum-sensing system (TprA/PhrA) forStreptococcus pneumoniae D39 that regulates a lantibiotic biosynthesis gene cluster

(2015) Sharon E. Hoover et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors Disrupting Signaling between Rgg and Short Hydrophobic Peptides in Streptococci

(2015) Chaitanya Aggarwal et al.   mBio

Uptake and Metabolism ofN-Acetylglucosamine and Glucosamine by Streptococcus mutans

(2014) Zachary D. Moye et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Influenza Promotes Pneumococcal Growth during Coinfection by Providing Host Sialylated Substrates as a Nutrient Source

(2014) Steven J. Siegel et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Multiple Length Peptide-Pheromone Variants Produced byStreptococcus pyogenesDirectly Bind Rgg Proteins to Confer Transcriptional Regulation

(2014) Chaitanya Aggarwal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Bacterial Phosphoenolpyruvate:Carbohydrate Phosphotransferase System: Regulation by Protein Phosphorylation and Phosphorylation-Dependent Protein-Protein Interactions

(2014) Josef Deutscher et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Crystal structure ofBacillus anthracisvirulence regulator AtxA and effects of phosphorylated histidines on multimerization and activity

(2014) Troy G. Hammerstrom et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphotransferase System in Group A Streptococcus Acts To Reduce Streptolysin S Activity and Lesion Severity during Soft Tissue Infection

(2013) Kanika Gera et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Genome-Wide Identification of Genes Required for Fitness of Group A Streptococcus in Human Blood

(2013) Yoann Le Breton et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Redundant Group A Streptococcus Signaling Peptides Exhibit Unique Activation Potentials

(2013) B. LaSarre et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

PTS phosphorylation of Mga modulates regulon expression and virulence in the group A streptococcus

(2013) Elise R. Hondorp et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiota-liberated host sugars facilitate post-antibiotic expansion of enteric pathogens

(2013) Katharine M. Ng et al.   NATURE

Interspecies Communication among Commensal and Pathogenic Streptococci

(2013) L. C. Cook et al.   mBio

A Conserved UDP-Glucose Dehydrogenase Encoded outside the hasABC Operon Contributes to Capsule Biogenesis in Group A Streptococcus

(2012) J. N. Cole et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Cryptic Competence Pathway in Streptococcus pyogenes Is Controlled by a Peptide Pheromone

(2012) L. Mashburn-Warren et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Nutritional immunity: transition metals at the pathogen–host interface

(2012) M. Indriati Hood et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A Functional Genomics Approach to Establish the Complement of Carbohydrate Transporters in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2012) Alessandro Bidossi et al.   PLoS One

Pneumococcal carbohydrate transport: food for thought

(2012) Carolyn M. Buckwalter et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Antagonistic Rgg Regulators Mediate Quorum Sensing via Competitive DNA Binding in Streptococcus pyogenes

(2012) B. LaSarre et al.   mBio

The EIIABManPhosphotransferase System Permease Regulates Carbohydrate Catabolite Repression inStreptococcus gordonii

(2011) Huichun Tong et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Group A streptococcal vaginitis: an unrecognized cause of vaginal symptoms in adult women

(2011) Hans Verstraelen et al.   ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS

An amino-terminal signal peptide of Vfr protein negatively influences RopB-dependent SpeB expression and attenuates virulence in Streptococcus pyogenes

(2011) Samuel A. Shelburne III et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Two Group A Streptococcal Peptide Pheromones Act through Opposing Rgg Regulators to Control Biofilm Development

(2011) Jennifer C. Chang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Modifications to the Peptidoglycan Backbone Help Bacteria To Establish Infection

(2010) Kimberly M. Davis et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

MtsR is a dual regulator that controls virulence genes and metabolic functions in addition to metal homeostasis in the group A streptococcus

(2010) Chadia Toukoki et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A novel double-tryptophan peptide pheromone controls competence in Streptococcus spp. via an Rgg regulator

(2010) Lauren Mashburn-Warren et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal modification of host sugars: a major contributor to colonization of the human airway?

(2010) S.J. King   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Prevalence of Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Streptococcal Carriage in Children: A Meta-analysis

(2010) N. Shaikh et al.   PEDIATRICS

Vulvovaginitis in childhood

(2009) Metella Dei et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY

Nutritional immunity beyond iron: a role for manganese and zinc

(2009) Thomas E Kehl-Fie et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Characterization of Novel  -Galactosidase Activity That Contributes to Glycoprotein Degradation and Virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) V. S. Terra et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

First Streptococcus pyogenes Signature-Tagged Mutagenesis Screen Identifies Novel Virulence Determinants

(2009) A. E. Kizy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

vfr, a Novel Locus Affecting Cysteine Protease Production in Streptococcus pyogenes

(2009) Y. Ma et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Carbon catabolite repression in bacteria: many ways to make the most out of nutrients

(2008) Boris Görke et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A Naturally Occurring Mutation in ropB Suppresses SpeB Expression and Reduces M1T1 Group A Streptococcal Systemic Virulence

(2008) Andrew Hollands et al.   PLoS One

A direct link between carbohydrate utilization and virulence in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus

(2008) S. A. Shelburne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA