Therapeutic Targeting of the Staphylococcus aureus Accessory Gene Regulator (agr) System

Therapeutic Targeting of the Staphylococcus aureus Accessory Gene Regulator (agr) System

Staphylococcus aureus can cause numerous different diseases, which has been attributed to its large repertoire of virulence factors, many of which are under the control of the accessory gene regulator (agr) quorum sensing system. Under conditions of high cell density, agr increases the production of...

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Main Authors: Li Tan, Si Rui Li, Bei Jiang, Xiao Mei Hu, Shu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
agr
virulence factors
biofilms
autoinduction
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00055/full

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