Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin F (SpeF) causes permeabilization of lung blood vessels

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4307-4311

  Matsumoto, Masakado ^a,b   Ishikawa, Naohisa ^c   Saito, Makoto ^b   Shibayama, Keigo ^a   Horii, Toshinobu ^a   Sato, Kumiko ^a   Ohta, Michio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME;

EID: 0032808489     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4307-4311.1999     Document Type: Article

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