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Pili mediate specific adhesion of Streptococcus pyogenes to human tonsil and skin.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Jul 2007
Abbot Emily L, Smith Wendy D, Siou Gerard P S, Chiriboga Carlos, Smith Rebecca J, Wilson Janet A, Hirst Barry H, Kehoe Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Very little is known about the biological functions of pili that have recently been found to be expressed by important Gram-positive pathogens such as Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Streptococcus agalacticae, S. pneumoniae and S. pyogenes. Using various ex vivo tissue and cellular models, here we show that pili mediate adhesion of serotype M1 S. pyogenes strain SF370 to both human tonsil epithelium and primary...
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