Immunological evaluation of lipopeptide group A streptococcus (GAS) vaccine: structure-activity relationship.

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS) is a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen responsible for a wide variety of diseases. To date, GAS vaccine development has focused primarily on the M-protein. The M-protein is highly variable at the amino (N)-terminus (determining serotype) but is cons...

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Main Authors: Mehfuz Zaman, Abu-Baker M Abdel-Aal, Yoshio Fujita, Karen S M Phillipps, Michael R Batzloff, Michael F Good, Istvan Toth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3257266?pdf=render