Regulation of virulence by environmental signals in group A streptococci: influence of osmolarity, temperature, gas exchange, and iron limitation on emm transcription.

Abstract:

:Transcription of the gene encoding the antiphagocytic M protein (emm) of the group A streptococci has been shown to be regulated by CO2 (M. G. Caparon, R. T. Geist, J. Perez-Casal, and J. R. Scott, J. Bacteriol. 174:5693-5701, 1992). We tested the influence of additional environmental growth conditions on emm expression. Increased osmolarity, low temperature, growth with free exchange of gasses, or the restricted availability of iron resulted in decreased transcription from the emm promoter.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

McIver KS,Heath AS,Scott JR

doi

10.1128/IAI.63.11.4540-4542.1995

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-11-01 00:00:00

pages

4540-2

issue

11

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

63

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