Protein F2, a novel fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes, possesses two binding domains

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 373-384

  Jaffe, Joseph ^a   Natanson Yaron, Shira ^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

ADHESIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE SUBSP. EQUISIMILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0029744998     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6331356.x     Document Type: Article

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