Group B streptococci escape host immunity by deletion of tandem repeat elements of the alpha C protein.

Group B streptococci (GBS) are the most common cause of neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis. The alpha C protein is a surface-associated antigen; the gene (bca) for this protein contains a series of tandem repeats (each encoding 82 aa) that are identical at the nucleotide level and express a...

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Publicado en:	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Autores principales:	Madoff, L C, Michel, J L, Gong, E W, Kling, D E, Kasper, D L
Formato:	Artigo
Lenguaje:	Inglês
Publicado:	National Academy of Sciences 1996
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC39499/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8633028/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.93.9.4131
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