Role for Serine Protease HtrA (DegP) of Streptococcus pyogenes in the Biogenesis of Virulence Factors SpeB and the Hemolysin Streptolysin S

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1618-1625

  Lyon, William R ^a   Caparon, Michael G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEASE HTRA; SERINE PROTEINASE; SPEB VIRULENCE FACTOR; STREPTOLYSIN S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGENESIS; DELETION MUTANT; HEMOLYSIS; HTRA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOLYSINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 1342323730     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.3.1618-1625.2004     Document Type: Article

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