Proteins M6 and F1 are required for efficient invasion of Group A streptococci into cultured epithelial cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 511-515

  Jadoun, Jeris ^a   Burstein, Ester ^a   Hanski, Emanuel ^b   Sela, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; M PROTEIN;

CELL INVASION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELA CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030772729     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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