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Streptococcal inhibitor of complement promotes innate immune resistance phenotypes of invasive M1T1 group A Streptococcus.
Journal of innate immunity - 1 Jan 2010
Pence Morgan A, Rooijakkers Suzan H M, Cogen Anna L, Cole Jason N, Hollands Andrew, Gallo Richard L, Nizet Victor
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcal inhibitor of complement (SIC) is a highly polymorphic extracellular protein and putative virulence factor secreted by M1 and M57 strains of group A Streptococcus (GAS). The sic gene is highly upregulated in invasive M1T1 GAS isolates following selection of mutations in the covR/S regulatory locus in vivo. Previous work has shown that SIC (allelic form 1.01) binds to and inactivates complement C5b67...
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