Virulent aggregates of Streptococcus pyogenes are generated by homophilic protein-protein interactions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1232-1247

  Frick, Inga Maria ^a   Mörgelin, Matthias ^a   Björck, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PAPAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033812360     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02084.x     Document Type: Article

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