Use of flow cytometry for the adhesion analysis of <it>Streptococcus pyogenes </it>mutant strains to epithelial cells: investigation of the possible role of surface pullulanase and cysteine protease, and the transcriptional regulator Rgg
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Flow cytometry based adherence assay is a potentially powerful but little used method in the study of bacterial binding to host structures. We have previously characterized a glycoprotein-binding activity in <it>Streptococcus p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/6/18 |