Allele-Dependent Differences in Quorum-Sensing Dynamics Result in Variant Expression of Virulence Genes in Staphylococcus aureus

Evidence that metabolism and chromosome copy number control mutually exclusive cell fates inBacillus subtilis

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Naturally occurring single amino acid replacements in a regulatory protein alter streptococcal gene expression and virulence in mice

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Regulation of Neurotoxin Production and Sporulation by a Putative agrBD Signaling System in Proteolytic Clostridium botulinum

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Specificity for Human Hemoglobin Enhances Staphylococcus aureus Infection

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The Staphylococcus-Specific Gene rsr Represses agr and Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

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Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis

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A Point Mutation in theagrLocus rather than Expression of the Panton‐Valentine Leukocidin Caused Previously Reported Phenotypes inStaphylococcus aureusPneumonia and Gene Regulation

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Transcription of the phage-encoded Panton-Valentine leukocidin of Staphylococcus aureus is dependent on the phage life-cycle and on the host background

(2009) C. Wirtz et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

agr receptor mutants reveal distinct modes of inhibition by staphylococcal autoinducing peptides

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Quorum Sensing in Staphylococci

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Identification of Ligand Specificity Determinants in AgrC, theStaphylococcus aureusQuorum-sensing Receptor

(2008) Edward Geisinger et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

agr function in clinical Staphylococcus aureus isolates

(2008) K. E. Traber et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Regulatory organization of the staphylococcal sae locus

(2008) R. P. Adhikari et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

RNAIII-Independent Target Gene Control by the agr Quorum-Sensing System: Insight into the Evolution of Virulence Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus

(2008) Shu Y. Queck et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

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