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Manganese Homeostasis in Group A Streptococcus Is Critical for Resistance to Oxidative Stress and Virulence
25 Mar 2015
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UNLABELLED: Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus [GAS]) is an obligate human pathogen responsible for a spectrum of human disease states. Metallobiology of human pathogens is revealing the fundamental role of metals in both nutritional immunity leading to pathogen starvation and metal poisoning of pathogens by innate immune cells. Spy0980 (MntE) is a paralog of the GAS zinc efflux pump CzcD. Through use...
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