Identification and characterization of a second extracellular collagen-like protein made by group A Streptococcus: Control of production at the level of translation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1729-1738

  Lukomski, S ^a   Nakashima, K ^a   Abdi, I ^a   Cipriano, V J ^a   Shelvin, B J ^a   Graviss, E A ^a   Musser, J M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN DERIVATIVE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SCL1; PROTEIN SCL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; START CODON; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLLAGEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035119161     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.3.1729-1738.2001     Document Type: Article

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