Promotion of fibronectin independent invasion by C5a peptidase into epithelial cells in group A Streptococcus

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 119, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 44-47

  Purushothaman, Sai Sudha ^a,b   Park, Hae Sun ^a   Cleary, P Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

C5a peptidase; Fibronectin; Group A streptococcus; Invasion; M1 strain

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5A; FIBRONECTIN; INVASIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 3442881063     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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