Restoration of Mga function to a Streptococcus pyogenes strain (M type 50) that is virulent in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1215-1220

  Limbago, B ^a   McIver, K S ^a   Penumalli, V ^a   Weinrick, B ^a   Scott, J R ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN MGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FIBRINOGEN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035145385     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.2.1215-1220.2001     Document Type: Article

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