Characterization of the immune response to collagen-like proteins Scl1 and Scl2 of serotype M1 and M28 group a Streptococcus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-149

  Hoe, Nancy P ^a,c   Lukomska, Ewa ^b   Musser, James M ^a,c   Lukomski, Slawomir ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A Streptococcus; Humoral response; Scl

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN; EPITOPE; STREPTOCOCCAL COLLAGEN LIKE TYPE 1 PROTEIN; STREPTOCOCCAL COLLAGEN LIKE TYPE 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEROTYPE; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; SERUM; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 36348951944     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00955.x     Document Type: Article

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