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Contribution of novel choline-binding proteins to adherence, colonization and immunogenicity of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 1997
Rosenow C, Ryan P, Weiser J N, Johnson S, Fontan P, Ortqvist A, Masure H R
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The surface of Streptococcus pneumoniae is decorated with a family of choline-binding proteins (CBPs) that are non-covalently bound to the phosphorylcholine of the teichoic acid. Two examples (PspA, a protective antigen, and LytA, the major autolysin) have been well characterized. We identified a...
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