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The Autolytic Enzyme LytA of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Not Responsible for Releasing Pneumolysin

It was previously proposed that autolysin's primary role in the virulence of pneumococci was to release pneumolysin to an extracellular location. This interpretation came into question when pneumolysin was observed to be released in significant amounts from some pneumococci during log-phase gro...

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Main Authors: Balachandran, Priya, Hollingshead, Susan K., Paton, James C., Briles, David E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2001
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC95211/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11325939
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.183.10.3108-3116.2001
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