Molecular and biological characterization of histidine triad protein in group A streptococci

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-423

  Kunitomo, Eiji ^a   Terao, Yutaka ^a   Okamoto, Shigefumi ^b   Rikimaru, Tetsuya ^c   Hamada, Shigeyuki ^d   Kawabata, Shigetada ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Group A streptococci; Histidine triad motif; HtpA; Streptococcus pyogenes; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE TRIAD PROTEIN OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP C; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 42649143830     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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