The SpeB virulence factor of Streptococcus pyogenes, a multifunctional secreted and cell surface molecule with strepadhesin, laminin-binding and cysteine protease activity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 512-519

  Hytönen, Jukka ^a   Haataja, Sauli ^a   Gerlach, Dieter ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^c   Finne, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LAMININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR SPEB;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LAMININ; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES A;

EID: 0035151019     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02269.x     Document Type: Article

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