The metal homeostasis protein, Lsp, of Streptococcus pyogenes is necessary for acquisition of zinc and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2840-2848

  Weston, Benjamin F ^a,b   Brenot, Audrey ^a,c   Caparon, Michael G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MANGANESE; PROTEIN LSP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; METAL BINDING; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BINDING SITES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MANGANESE; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 67650084636     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01299-08     Document Type: Article

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