CD44 as a receptor for colonization of the pharynx by group A Streptococcus

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 995-1002

  Cywes, Colette ^a,b   Stamenkovic, Ivan ^b,c   Wessels, Michael R ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HERMES ANTIGEN; HYALURONIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; INOCULATION; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0033787963     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI10195     Document Type: Article

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