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The ClpP protease of Streptococcus pneumoniae modulates virulence gene expression and protects against fatal pneumococcal challenge.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2004
Kwon Hyog-Young, Ogunniyi A David, Choi Moo-Hyun, Pyo Suhk-Neung, Rhee Dong-Kwon, Paton James C
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae usually colonizes the nasopharynx of humans asymptomatically but occasionally translocates from this niche to the lungs, the brain, and the blood, causing potentially fatal infections. Spread to other host tissues requires a significant morphological change and the expression of virulence factors, such as capsular polysaccharide, and virulence proteins, such as pneumolysin (Ply), PspA,...
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