Proteins PblA and PblB of Streptococcus mitis, which promote binding to human platelets, are encoded within a lysogenic bacteriophage

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 6186-6192

  Bensing, B A ^a   Siboo, I R ^a   Sullam, P M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MITOMYCIN C; PROTEIN PB1A; PROTEIN PB1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; THROMBOCYTE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PLATELETS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

EID: 0034833438     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.10.6186-6192.2001     Document Type: Article

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