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Morin Attenuates Streptococcus suis Pathogenicity in Mice by Neutralizing Suilysin Activity
20 Mar 2017
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus suis, a Gram positive pathogen, is widely recognized as an important agent of swine infection, and it is also known to cause a variety of zoonoses, such as meningitis, polyarthritis and pneumonia. Suilysin (SLY), an extracellular pore-forming toxin that belongs to the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin family, is an essential virulence factor of S. suis capsular type 2 (SS2). Here, we found that morin...
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