Identification and characterization of the scl gene encoding a group A Streptococcus extracellular protein virulence factor with similarity to human collagen

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6542-6553

  Lukomski, Slawomir ^a   Nakashima, Kazumitsu ^a,c   Abdi, Iman ^a   Cipriano, Vincent J ^a   Ireland, Robin M ^b   Reid, Sean D ^b   Adams, Gerald G ^a   Musser, James M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHUBU NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGEN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034441340     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6542-6553.2000     Document Type: Article

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