Direct Regulons of AtxA, the Master Virulence Regulator of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Bacillus anthracis</named-content>

ABSTRACT AtxA, the master virulence regulator of Bacillus anthracis, regulates the expression of three toxins and genes for capsule formation that are required for the pathogenicity of B. anthracis. Recent transcriptome analyses showed that AtxA affects a large number of genes on the chromosome and...

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Main Authors: Yoshikazu Furuta, Cheng Cheng, Tuvshinzaya Zorigt, Atmika Paudel, Shun Izumi, Mai Tsujinouchi, Tomoko Shimizu, Wim G. Meijer, Hideaki Higashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-08-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00291-21