Human kininogens interact with M protein, a bacterial surface protein and virulence determinant
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Human kininogens interact with M protein, a bacterial surface protein and virulence determinant.
Streptococcus pyogenes, the most significant streptococcal species in clinical medicine, expresses surface proteins with affinity for several human plasma proteins. Here we report that kininogens, the precursors to the vasoactive kinins, bind to the surface of S. pyogenes. M protein, a surface molecule and a major virulence factor-in these bacteria, occurs in > 80 different serotypes. Among 49 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj3050173