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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

RocA Has Serotype-Specific Gene Regulatory and Pathogenesis Activities in Serotype M28 Group A Streptococcus.

Paul E Bernard, Priyanka Kachroo, Luchang Zhu, Stephen B Beres, Jesus M Eraso, Zaid Kajani, S Wesley Long, James M Musser, Randall J Olsen

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Paul E BernardCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Priyanka KachrooCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3563-7832
Luchang ZhuCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Stephen B BeresCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Jesus M ErasoCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Zaid KajaniCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
S Wesley LongCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3043-5307
James M MusserCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
Randall J OlsenCenter for Molecular and Translational Human Infectious Diseases Research, Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA rjolsen@houstonmethodist.org.
Houston Methodist · USTexas A&M Health Science Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serotype M28 group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common cause of infections such as pharyngitis ("strep throat") and necrotizing fasciitis ("flesh-eating" disease). Relatively little is known about the molecular mechanisms underpinning M28 GAS pathogenesis. Whole-genome sequencing studies of M28 GAS strains recovered from patients with invasive infections found an unexpectedly high number of missense (amino acid-changing) and nonsense (protein-truncating) polymorphisms in

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAnimalsColony-Forming Units AssayDisease Models, AnimalGene DeletionGene Expression ProfilingMiceMyositisStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesTrans-ActivatorsVirulence FactorsRocA protein, Streptococcus pyogenesTrans-ActivatorsVirulence Factorsgroup A streptococcusmolecular pathogenesisRocAvirulence

Identifiers

PMID30126898
PMCPMC6204712
OpenAlexW2887156232

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