Crosstalk between the serine/threonine kinase StkP and the response regulator ComE controls the stress response and intracellular survival of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic human bacterial pathogen that usually colonizes the upper respiratory tract, but the invasion and survival mechanism in respiratory epithelial cells remains elusive. Previously, we described that acidic stress-induced lysis (ASIL) and intracellular surviv...

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Main Authors: Germán E Piñas, Nicolás M Reinoso-Vizcaino, Nubia Y Yandar Barahona, Paulo R Cortes, Rosario Duran, Chandan Badapanda, Ankita Rathore, Dario R Bichara, Melina B Cian, Nadia B Olivero, Daniel R Perez, José Echenique
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6010298?pdf=render