Serum opacity factor promotes group A streptococcal epithelial cell invasion and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-25

  Timmer, Anjuli M ^a   Kristian, Sascha A ^a   Datta, Vivekanand ^a   Jeng, Arthur ^a   Gillen, Christine M ^b   Walker, Mark J ^b   Beall, Bernard ^c   Nizet, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SFBX; SERUM OPACITY FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33748671135     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05337.x     Document Type: Article

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