The small regulatory RNA FasX enhances group AStreptococcusvirulence and inhibits pilus expression via serotype-specific targets

Natural Disruption of Two Regulatory Networks in Serotype M3 Group A Streptococcus Isolates Contributes to the Virulence Factor Profile of This Hypervirulent Serotype

(2014) Tram N. Cao et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

RNA-mediated regulation in Gram-positive pathogens: an overview punctuated with examples from the group AStreptococcus

(2014) Eric W. Miller et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and Activity of Streptococcus pyogenes SipA: A Signal Peptidase-Like Protein Essential for Pilus Polymerisation

(2014) Paul G. Young et al.   PLoS One

Structural Model for Covalent Adhesion of theStreptococcus pyogenesPilus through a Thioester Bond

(2013) Christian Linke-Winnebeck et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

RocA Truncation Underpins Hyper-Encapsulation, Carriage Longevity and Transmissibility of Serotype M18 Group A Streptococci

(2013) Nicola N. Lynskey et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Polymorphisms in Regulator of Protease B (RopB) Alter Disease Phenotype and Strain Virulence of Serotype M3 Group A Streptococcus

(2012) Randall J. Olsen et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Plasmin as a proinflammatory cell activator

(2012) T. Syrovets et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Streptokinase variants fromStreptococcus pyogenesisolates display altered plasminogen activation characteristics - implications for pathogenesis

(2012) Simon M. Cook et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The small regulatory RNA FasX controls pilus expression and adherence in the human bacterial pathogen group AStreptococcus

(2012) Zhuyun Liu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Assembly Mechanism of FCT Region Type 1 Pili in Serotype M6Streptococcus pyogenes

(2011) Masanobu Nakata et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal Structure of Spy0129, a Streptococcus pyogenes Class B Sortase Involved in Pilus Assembly

(2011) Hae Joo Kang et al.   PLoS One

Isopeptide Bonds Block the Mechanical Extension of Pili in PathogenicStreptococcus pyogenes

(2010) Jorge Alegre-Cebollada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The group A Streptococcus small regulatory RNA FasX enhances streptokinase activity by increasing the stability of the ska mRNA transcript

(2010) Esmeralda Ramirez-Peña et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Pathogenesis of Necrotizing Fasciitis

(2009) Randall J. Olsen et al.   Annual Review of Pathology-Mechanisms of Disease

The Secreted Esterase of Group A Streptococcus Is Important for Invasive Skin Infection and Dissemination in Mice

(2009) H. Zhu et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Typing of the pilus-protein-encoding FCT region and biofilm formation as novel parameters in epidemiological investigations of Streptococcus pyogenes isolates from various infection sites

(2009) T. Koller et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

M1T1 group A streptococcal pili promote epithelial colonization but diminish systemic virulence through neutrophil extracellular entrapment

(2009) Laura E. Crotty Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Linkage of T3 and Cpa pilins in theStreptococcus pyogenesM3 pilus

(2009) Bernard R. Quigley et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Genome-Wide Analysis of Small Regulatory RNAs in the Human Pathogen Group A Streptococcus

(2009) Nataly Perez et al.   PLoS One

Heterogeneity in the Polarity of Nra Regulatory Effects on Streptococcal Pilus Gene Transcription and Virulence

(2008) F. Luo et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Sequence Variation in Group AStreptococcusPili and Association of Pilus Backbone Types with Lancefield T Serotypes

(2008) Fabiana Falugi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular characterization of group AStreptococcusmaltodextrin catabolism and its role in pharyngitis

(2008) Samuel A. Shelburne et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY