Accessory gene regulator (agr locus) is a global regulator of many virulence gene expressions inStaphylococcus aureus. Four interference classes related to genetic polymorphisms in the agr locus have sofar been described. In the present study, the agr locus specificity groups were studied within a total of 43 S.aureus isolates which were isolated from ewes with mastitis in three regions in the ...

b. Nominative object: AGR P AGR ' s s 6 5 5 5 5 Spec AGR V NP PP s There 3PL are people at the door < LF movement c. Accusative object: AGR P AGR P AGR ' s o o 6 5 5 5 5 5 Spec Spec AGR V NP o John reads a book < LF movement In (1a), the "functional" head AGR enters into a double agreement relation s(ubject) with its specifier: the 0-features of the specifier are copied onto the head, and a Cas...

The agr quorum-sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus modulates the expression of virulence factors in response to autoinducing peptides (AIPs). Recent studies have suggested a role for the agr system in S. aureus biofilm development, as agr mutants exhibit a high propensity to form biofilms, and cells dispersing from a biofilm have been observed displaying an active agr system. Here, we repor...

Staphylococcus aureus causes hospital outbreaks and becomes multi-drug resistant, although how bacteria adapt to environments remains unknown. We collected S. isolates during an outbreak in a hospital. performed the whole-genome sequence found most are same clone’s descendants. Though original clone showed functional accessory gene regulator (Agr) that enables various toxin productions upon sen...

BACKGROUND Prior studies showed a relationship between serum albumin and the albumin to globulin ratio with different types of cancer. We aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the albumin-globulin ratio (AGR) for survival of patients with lung adenocarcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 240 lung adenocarcinoma patients. Biochemical parameters before chemotherap...

We examined the bacterial aerobic nasal flora of 216 healthy volunteers to identify potential competitive interactions among different species, with special emphasis on the influence of staphylococcal agr alleles. The Staphylococcus aureus colonization rate correlated negatively with the rate of colonization by Corynebacterium spp. and non-aureus staphylococci, especially S. epidermidis, sugges...