Protein F1 is required for efficient entry of Streptococcus pyogenes into epithelial cells

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-148

  Jadoun, Jeris ^b   Ozeri, Vered ^b   Burstein, Esther ^b   Skutelsky, Ehud ^b   Hanski, Emanuel ^b   Sela, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN F1; PROTEIN M6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL INFILTRATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031871348     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515589     Document Type: Article

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