ArticleInfection and immunity2001
Restoration of Mga function to a Streptococcus pyogenes strain (M Type 50) that is virulent in mice.
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- ModelingFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019Review
- Role of Mga in group A streptococcal infection at the skin epithelium.Microbial pathogenesis · 2008Article
- Identification of residues responsible for the defective virulence gene regulator Mga produced by a natural mutant of Streptococcus pyogenes.Journal of bacteriology · 2005Article
- Generation and surface localization of intact M protein in Streptococcus pyogenes are dependent on sagA.Infection and immunity · 2001Article
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Abstract
The Mga protein in B514Sm, a Streptococcus pyogenes strain isolated as a mouse pathogen, contains amino acid substitutions at conserved sites that render the protein defective. Replacement of mga50 with the functional homolog mga4.1 restored full expression of Mga-regulated proteins. Restoration of Mga function did not affect fibrinogen binding, nor did it affect virulence in several mouse models of group A streptococcus infection.
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