From transcription to activation: how group A streptococcus, the flesh-eating pathogen, regulates SpeB cysteine protease production

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

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Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics

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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 Combination of Independent Transcriptional Regulators Shapes Bacterial Virulence Gene Expression during Infection

(2010) Samuel A. Shelburne et al.   PLoS Pathogens

CcpA and LacD.1 Affect Temporal Regulation of Streptococcus pyogenes Virulence Genes

(2009) C. C. Kietzman et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

A Naturally Occurring Rgg Variant in Serotype M3 Streptococcus pyogenes Does Not Activate speB Expression Due to Altered Specificity of DNA Binding

(2009) K. V. Kappeler et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

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

Solution Structure and Backbone Dynamics of Streptopain

(2009) Chih-Chieh Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure of the Mature Streptococcal Cysteine Protease Exotoxin mSpeB in Its Active Dimeric Form

(2009) Johan G. Olsen et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

SpeB of Streptococcus pyogenes Differentially Modulates Antibacterial and Receptor Activating Properties of Human Chemokines

(2009) Arne Egesten et al.   PLoS One

Molecular mechanisms underlying group A streptococcal pathogenesis

(2008) Randall J. Olsen et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Degradation of Complement 3 by Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B Inhibits Complement Activation and Neutrophil Opsonophagocytosis

(2008) C.-F. Kuo et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B Cleaves HumanS‐Adenosylhomocysteine Hydrolase and Induces Hypermethioninemia

(2008) Ju‐Fei Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effects of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B on Pathogenesis of Streptococcus pyogenes

(2008) Chuan Chiang-Ni et al.   JOURNAL OF THE FORMOSAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

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

(2008) Andrew Hollands et al.   PLoS One

Staphostatins resemble lipocalins, not cystatins in fold

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