The Arcanobacterium (Actinomyces) pyogenes hemolysin, pyolysin, is a novel member of the thiol-activated cytolysin family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 6100-6106

  Billington, Stephen J ^a   Jost, B Helen ^a   Cuevas, William A ^a,b   Bright, Kelly R ^a   Songer, J Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOLYSIN; EXOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030920430     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.6100-6106.1997     Document Type: Article

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