Molecular characterization of a novel fibronectin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes strains isolated from toxic shock-like syndrome patients.

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Group A Streptococcus pyogenes has surface-located fibronectin (Fn)-binding proteins known to be a major virulence factor, which adheres to and invades host cells. We present a novel Fn-binding protein of group A streptococcus serotype M3 and M18 strains isolated from patients with toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS). By searching the whole genome sequence of an M3 strain from a TSLS patient, an open reading frame...

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