• M protein is a virulence factor that can be produced by certain species of Streptococcus. Viruses, parasites and bacteria are covered in protein and sugar...
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  • M protein may refer to: M protein (Streptococcus), a virulence factor of the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes Viral matrix protein, structural protein...
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    Streptococcus pyogenes is a species of Gram-positive, aerotolerant bacteria in the genus Streptococcus. These bacteria are extracellular, and made up of...
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    Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive, spherical bacteria, alpha-hemolytic member of the genus Streptococcus. They are usually...
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    Streptococcus mutans is a facultatively anaerobic, gram-positive coccus (round bacterium) commonly found in the human oral cavity and is a significant...
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    Streptococcus is a genus of gram-positive coccus (pl.: cocci) or spherical bacteria that belongs to the family Streptococcaceae, within the order Lactobacillales...
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    emm-gene encodes the M-protein, a major virulence factor in both S. pyogenes and Streptococcus dysgalactiae. It is ubiquitous in Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies...
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    the pathogenesis of GAS, such as M protein, hemolysins, and extracellular enzymes. Group A β-hemolytic streptococcus can cause infections of the throat...
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    Enterococcus faecalis – formerly classified as part of the group D Streptococcus system – is a Gram-positive, commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal...
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    TJ, Gewurz H, Du Clos TW (November 1981). "C-reactive protein is protective against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in mice". The Journal of Experimental...
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    Streptococcus oralis is a Gram positive viridans streptococcus of the Streptococcus mitis group. S. oralis is one of the pioneer species associated with...
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    FNZ). SodA protein: destroys toxic free radicals, which are made by the host as a defensive mechanism. SeM: produces enterotoxins. Streptococcus zooepidemicus...
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    Streptococcus canis is a group G beta-hemolytic species of Streptococcus. It was first isolated in dogs, giving the bacterium its name. These bacteria...
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    Streptococcus agalactiae (also known as group B streptococcus or GBS) is a gram-positive coccus (round bacterium) with a tendency to form chains (as reflected...
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  • Streptococcus gordonii is a Gram-positive bacterium included among some of the initial colonizers of the periodontal environment. The organism, along...
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    bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus". Nature Biotechnology. 22 (12): 1554–8. doi:10.1038/nbt1034. PMC 7416660. PMID 15543133. van de Guchte M, Penaud S...
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    enzyme in the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. Enoyl-(acyl-carrier-protein) reductase (NADPH, A-specific) Enoyl-(acyl-carrier-protein) reductase (NADPH,...
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    Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Streptococcus pyogenes Escherichia coli (Bacillus coli communis) Streptococcus pneumoniae (Fraenkel's pneumococcus)...
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    strep infection, is the infectious disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus agalactiae, which is the most common human pathogen belonging to the...
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    group A streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes. The similarity between antigens of Streptococcus pyogenes and multiple cardiac proteins can cause...
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    toxins, are exotoxins secreted by strains of the bacterial species Streptococcus pyogenes. SpeA and speC are superantigens, which induce inflammation...
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  • Pneumococcal infection is an infection caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. S. pneumoniae is a common member of the bacterial flora colonizing...
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  • structural and functional roles in membrane and secreted proteins. The majority of proteins synthesized in the rough endoplasmic reticulum undergo glycosylation...
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    as scarlatina, is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus pyogenes, a Group A streptococcus (GAS). It most commonly affects children between five...
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  • SpyCatcher (category Proteins)
    the splitting and engineering of the CnaB2 domain of the FbaB protein from Streptococcus pyogenes, which naturally forms an intramolecular isopeptide bond...
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    PMC 2132252. PMID 19870148. Patterson MJ (1996). "Streptococcus". In Baron S; et al. (eds.). Streptococcus. in: Baron's Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). Univ...
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  • forming, and catalase-negative. Bacteriophages, also known as phages, of streptococcus within different parameters of temperature, pH, and salinity maintain...
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  • "Bioinformatics and structural characterization of a hypothetical protein from Streptococcus mutans: implication of antibiotic resistance". PLoS ONE. 4 (10):...
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    including Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Methicillin is only effective against Staphylococcus...
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    molecular biology the LysM domain is a protein domain found in a wide variety of extracellular proteins and receptors. The LysM domain is named after the...
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