Pneumococcal Virulence Factors: Structure and Function
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Pneumococcal virulence factors: structure and function.
The overall goal for this review is to summarize the current body of knowledge about the structure and function of major known antigens of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major gram-positive bacterial pathogen of humans. This information is then related to the role of these proteins in pneumococcal pathogenesis and in the development of new vaccines and/or other antimicrobial agents. S. pneumoniae ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1092-2172,1098-5557
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.65.2.187-207.2001