Structure-Informed Design of an Enzymatically Inactive Vaccine Component for Group A <italic toggle="yes">Streptococcus</italic>
ABSTRACT Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus [GAS]) causes ~700 million human infections/year, resulting in >500,000 deaths. There is no commercial GAS vaccine available. The GAS surface protein arginine deiminase (ADI) protects mice against a lethal challenge. ADI is an enzyme that con...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2013-08-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00509-13 |