Mapping the fibrinogen-binding domain of serum opacity factor of group A streptococci

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 236-240

  Courtney, Harry S ^a,b   Dale, James B ^a,b   Hasty, David L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; KININOGEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; OPACITY FACTOR; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERUM FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WESTERN BLOTTING; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036546758     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-001-0037-1     Document Type: Article

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