Streptococcal protective antigens (Spa): A new family of type-specific proteins of group A streptococci

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-57

  Ahmed, E A ^a,b   Penfound, T A ^a,b   Brewer, S C ^a,b   Tennant, P A ^a,b   Chiang, E Y ^a,b   Dale, J B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; M PROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CLONE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSONIN PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 76849101599     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0819-0     Document Type: Article

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