M protein of a Streptococcus dysgalactiae human wound isolate shows multiple binding to different plasma proteins and shares epitopes with keratin and human cartilage

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-24

  Geyer, Anett ^a   Roth, Andreas ^b   Vettermann, Stephan ^c   Günther, Elisabeth ^a   Groh, Annemarie ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a   Schmidt, Karl Hermann ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Rudolf Elle Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Group C streptococcus; Keratin; Plasma protein binding; Streptococcal M protein; Vimentin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; EPITOPE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KERATIN; M PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PLASMA PROTEIN; PLASMINOGEN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARTILAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; WOUND;

EID: 0032876761     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00115-7     Document Type: Article

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