Abstract
In staphylococci, autoinducing peptides activate agr, a global regulator of the expression of genes encoding virulence factors and other exoproteins. During the past year, there have been major advances in the structure- function analysis of these peptides and the regulation of a virulence factor by an autoinducing peptide in pneumococci has been demonstrated.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 40-45 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Current opinion in microbiology |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology
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