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Effects of srtA variation on phagocytosis resistance and immune response of Streptococcus equi.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Apr 2021
Zhang Huan, Zhou Tingting, Su Lining, Wang Hao, Zhang Baojiang, Su Yan
Abstract excerpt
Strangles, which is caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (S. equi), is one of the most prevalent equine infectious diseases with worldwide distribution and leads to serious economic loss in the horse industry. Sortase A (srtA) is a transpeptidase that anchors multiple virulence-associated surface proteins to the cell surface of S. equi. srtA plays a major role in S. equi infection and colonization of the...
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