Streptokinase variants from Streptococcus pyogenes isolates display altered plasminogen activation characteristics - implications for pathogenesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1052-1062

  Cook, Simon M ^a   Skora, Amanda ^a   Gillen, Christine M ^b   Walker, Mark J ^b   Mcarthur, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN VARIANT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOKINASE; VIRULENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 84870250295     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12037     Document Type: Article

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