Serum opacity factor is a major fibronectin-binding protein and a virulence determinant of M type 2 Streptococcus pyogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Courtney, Harry S ^a,b   Hasty, David L ^a,b   Li, Yi ^b   Chiang, Herbert C ^b,c   Thacker, Jenny L ^b   Dale, James B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0032910564     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01328.x     Document Type: Article

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