The SaeR/S gene regulatory system is essential for innate immune evasion by Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in J Infect Dis on June 01, 2009

Authors

Jovanka M Voyich1, Cuong Vuong, Mark DeWald, Tyler K Nygaard, Stanislava Kocianova, Shannon Griffith, Jennifer Jones, Courtney Iverson, Daniel E Sturdevant, Kevin R Braughton, Adeline R Whitney, Michael Otto, Frank R DeLeo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. jovanka@montana.edu

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