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SUBMITTER: Michael-Gayego A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3811807 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection and immunity 20130826 11
Group G beta-hemolytic streptococcus (GGS) strains cause severe invasive infections, mostly in patients with comorbidities. GGS is known to possess virulence factors similar to those of its more virulent counterpart group A streptococcus (GAS). A streptococcal invasion locus, sil, was identified in GAS. sil encodes a competence-stimulating peptide named SilCR that activates bacterial quorum sensing and has the ability to attenuate virulence in GAS infections. We found that sil is present in most ...[more]