Structural conservation, variability, and immunogenicity of the T6 backbone pilin of serotype M6 Streptococcus pyogenes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2949-2957

  Young, Paul G ^a,b   Moreland, Nicole J ^a,b   Loh, Jacelyn M ^b   Bell, Anita ^c   Carr, Polly Atatoa ^d   Proft, Thomas ^b   Baker, Edward N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Population Health   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PILIN; T6 BACKBONE PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHEUMATIC FEVER; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84903164838     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01706-14     Document Type: Article

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