The Capsule Sensitizes Streptococcus pneumoniae to -Defensins Human Neutrophil Proteins 1 to 3
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The Capsule Sensitizes Streptococcus pneumoniae to -Defensins Human Neutrophil Proteins 1 to 3 Katharina Beiter,† Florian Wartha,† Robert Hurwitz, Staffan Normark, Arturo Zychlinsky, and Birgitta Henriques-Normark* Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden; Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; Biochemistry Core Facility, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, 10117 Berlin, Germany; and Department of Cellular Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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