Impact of M49, Mrp, Enn, and C5a peptidase proteins on colonization of the mouse oral mucosa by Streptococcus pyogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5399-5405

  Ji, Yinduo ^a   Schnitzler, Norbert ^b   Demaster, Eric ^a   Cleary, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032412103     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5399-5405.1998     Document Type: Article

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