Functional Characterisation of the FCT-6 Pilus in Serotype M2 Streptococcus pyogenes

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Functional Characterisation of the FCT-6 Pilus in Serotype M2 Streptococcus pyogenes

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Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus, GAS) is an important human pathogen responsible for a wide range of diseases and high health burden worldwide. The ability of GAS to cause infections is attributed to the large arsenal of virulence factors expressed by this human exclusive pathogen. Pili are long filamentous protrusions that extend from the bacterial cell surface. After their recent discovery in GAS, multifaceted roles of pili in host-pathogen interactions have been reported, suc...

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Doctoral

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2015

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Tsai, Jia Yun

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/28104

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