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However, even if most of these genes have no known functions or homologs, we find that their codon usage is close to genes implicated in virulence, antibiotic resistance and secretory systems, implying that they may be functional.
We were surprised to discover that virtually all of the transcriptional response to L. monocytogenes infection of these cells results from what is apparently the initial interaction of the bacteria with the cell surface, regardless of virulence phenotype.
The biological selection of phenotypic revertants of variants of S. pyogenes from populations with defined mutations in key regulators or promoter regions of putative virulence genes is likely to provide key insights into the pathogenesis of host-bacterial interactions.
Little is known about the identity and function of pXO2 ORFs beyond the virulence genes associated with the B. anthracis capsule ( dep, capACB, acpA ) [ 2 3 4 5 ] . The goal of this study was to determine if many of the novel pXO2 ORFs were unique to B. anthracis , or were conserved in other closely related Bacillus cereus and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates.
No actin structures were seen in association with these bacteria, implying that they were indeed deficient in virulence gene expression and failed to escape from the endosomes (Figure 1d).