Increased pilus production conferred by a naturally occurring mutation alters hostpathogen interaction in favor of carriage in Streptococcus pyogenes

Agriculture & Biology

• Streptococcus pyogenes 100%
• fimbriae 89%
• mutation 51%
• Streptococcus 39%
• phenotype 24%
• neutrophils 17%
• mutants 16%
• genes 16%
• nasopharynx 13%
• bacitracin 12%
• animal pathogens 10%
• animal models 8%
• arginine 8%
• epithelial cells 8%
• serotypes 8%
• phosphotransferases (kinases) 8%
• transcription (genetics) 6%
• alleles 6%
• pathogens 5%
• mice 5%
• amino acids 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Streptococcus pyogenes 91%
• Streptococcus 61%
• Mutation 42%
• Phenotype 36%
• Genes 30%
• Neutrophils 23%
• Bacitracin 21%
• Necrotizing Fasciitis 20%
• Nasopharynx 17%
• Survival 16%
• Arginine 13%
• Serogroup 13%
• Virulence 13%
• Phosphotransferases 11%
• Alleles 11%
• Epithelial Cells 10%
• Amino Acids 10%
• Proteins 5%