The fibronectin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes, SfbI, is involved in the internalization of group A streptococci by epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1357-1363

  Molinari, Gabriella ^a   Talay, Susanne R ^a   Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a,b   Rohde, Manfred ^a   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030903802     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.4.1357-1363.1997     Document Type: Article

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