Identification of a divergent M protein gene and an M protein-related gene family in Streptococcus pyogenes serotype 49.
The antigenically variant M protein of Streptococcus pyogenes enhances virulence by promoting resistance to phagocytosis. The serum opacity factor (OF), produced by a subset of M serotypes, is also antigenically variant, and its antigenic variability exactly parallels that of M protein. OF-positive...
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| Published in: | J Bacteriol |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
1989
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC210527/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2687231/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jb.171.12.6397-6408.1989 |
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