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Proteins M6 and F1 are required for efficient invasion of group A streptococci into cultured epithelial cells.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 1997
Jadoun J, Burstein E, Hanski E, Sela S
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Group A streptococci were recently shown to be capable of invading human epithelial cell monolayers. Cell invasion might be an important virulence trait of streptococci that enable the pathogen to gain entry into deeper tissues after initial binding to host cells. Nothing is known concerning the nature of streptococcal components that mediate invasion. Using isogenic mutants of strain JRS4 that are defective in...
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