Kansal, Rita G.

Top Publications

Top Publications Authored or Co-Authored by "Kansal, Rita G."

• DNase Sda1 provides selection pressure for a switch to invasive group A streptococcal infection

  Nature Medicine, Volume 13, No. 8, Year 2007, Citations 398
• Dissection of the molecular basis for hypervirulence of an in vivo-selected phenotype of the widely disseminated M1T1 strain of group a streptococcus bacteria

  Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 201, No. 6, Year 2010, Citations 75
• A naturally occurring mutation in ropB suppresses SpeB expression and reduces M1T1 group A streptococcal systemic virulence

  PLoS ONE, Volume 3, No. 12, Article e4102, Year 2008, Citations 74
• Reciprocal, temporal expression of speA and speB by invasive M1T1 group A streptococcal isolates in vivo

  Infection and Immunity, Volume 69, No. 8, Year 2001, Citations 69
• Microevolution of group a streptococci in vivo: Capturing regulatory networks engaged in sociomicrobiology, niche adaptation, and hypervirulence

  PLoS ONE, Volume 5, No. 4, Article e9798, Year 2010, Citations 68