SigB Is a Dominant Regulator of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants

Gabriel Mitchell; Alexandre Fugère; Karine Pépin Gaudreau; Eric Brouillette; Eric H. Frost; André M. Cantin; François Malouin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065018

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SigB Is a Dominant Regulator of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants

Gabriel Mitchell,

Current address: Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Affiliation Centre d'étude et de valorisation de la diversité microbienne, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Alexandre Fugère,

Affiliation Centre d'étude et de valorisation de la diversité microbienne, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Karine Pépin Gaudreau,

Affiliation Centre d'étude et de valorisation de la diversité microbienne, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Eric Brouillette,

Affiliation Centre d'étude et de valorisation de la diversité microbienne, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Eric H. Frost,

Affiliation Département de microbiologie et d'infectiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbooke, Quebec, Canada
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André M. Cantin,

Affiliation Unité de recherche pulmonaire, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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François Malouin

* E-mail: Francois.Malouin@USherbrooke.ca

Affiliation Centre d'étude et de valorisation de la diversité microbienne, Département de biologie, Faculté des sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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SigB Is a Dominant Regulator of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants

Gabriel Mitchell,
Alexandre Fugère,
Karine Pépin Gaudreau,
Eric Brouillette,
Eric H. Frost,
André M. Cantin,
François Malouin

Published: May 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065018

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