Identification of the minimal cytolytic unit for streptolysin S and an expansion of the toxin family

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Molloy, Evelyn M ^a   Casjens, Sherwood R ^b   Cox, Courtney L ^a,c   Maxson, Tucker ^a   Ethridge, Nicole A ^c   Margos, Gabriele ^d   Fingerle, Volker ^d   Mitchell, Douglas A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Cytolysin; Group A Streptococcus; Linear azole containing peptide; Lyme disease; Streptococcus pyogenes; Streptolysin S; Thiazole oxazole modified microcin

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; STREPTOLYSIN S; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; STREPTOLYSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CLOSTRIDIUM; FIRMICUTES; LISTERIA; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 84937855626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0464-y     Document Type: Article

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