Spa contributes to the virulence of type 18 group a streptococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2943-2949

  McLellan, D G J ^a   Chiang, E Y ^a   Courtney, H S ^a   Hasty, D L ^a   Wei, S C ^a   Hu, M C ^a   Walls, M A ^a   Bloom, J J ^a   Dale, J B ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C3; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035058722     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2943-2949.2001     Document Type: Article

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