Protein F: an adhesin of Streptococcus pyogenes binds fibronectin via two distinct domains

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1049-1055

  Sela, Shiomo ^a   Aviv, Adi ^a   Tovi, Aviva ^a   Burstein, Israel ^a   Caparon, Michael G ^b   Hanski, Emanuel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIBRONECTINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; STREPTOMYCES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027763194     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00975.x     Document Type: Article

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