Role of hyaluronidase in subcutaneous spread and growth of group A streptococcus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-48

  Starr, Clarise Rivera ^a   Engleberg, N Cary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE DEXTRAN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYLA GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; DEXTRANS; DIFFUSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYALURONOGLUCOSAMINIDASE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 29644432454     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.40-48.2006     Document Type: Article

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