The Group A Streptococcus serotype M2 pilus plays a role in host cell adhesion and immune evasion

Galleria mellonellainfection models for the study of bacterial diseases and for antimicrobial drug testing

(2016) Catherine Jia-Yun Tsai et al.   Virulence

Post-infectious group A streptococcal autoimmune syndromes and the heart

(2015) William John Martin et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Disease Manifestations and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Group A Streptococcus

(2014) M. J. Walker et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

A Systematic and Functional Classification of Streptococcus pyogenes That Serves as a New Tool for Molecular Typing and Vaccine Development

(2014) Martina Sanderson-Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Survey of the bp/tee genes from clinical group A streptococcus isolates in New Zealand - implications for vaccine development

(2014) J. D. Steemson et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Galleria mellonella Infection Model Demonstrates High Lethality of ST69 and ST127 Uropathogenic E. coli

(2014) Majed F. Alghoribi et al.   PLoS One

EbpA vaccine antibodies block binding of Enterococcus faecalis to fibrinogen to prevent catheter-associated bladder infection in mice

(2014) A. L. Flores-Mireles et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Working towards a Group A Streptococcal vaccine: Report of a collaborative Trans-Tasman workshop

(2014) Nicole J. Moreland et al.   VACCINE

Structure ofStreptococcus agalactiaetip pilin GBS104: a model for GBS pili assembly and host interactions

(2013) Vengadesan Krishnan et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Toxin–antitoxin-stabilized reporter plasmids for biophotonic imaging of Group A streptococcus

(2013) Jacelyn M. S. Loh et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Galleria mellonellalarvae as an infection model for group A streptococcus

(2013) Jacelyn MS Loh et al.   Virulence

Pleiotropic virulence factor -Streptococcus pyogenesfibronectin-binding proteins

(2012) Masaya Yamaguchi et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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(2012) Madeleine W. Cunningham   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

Structure and assembly of Gram-positive bacterial pili: unique covalent polymers

(2012) Hae Joo Kang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Regulation and Function of Pilus Island 1 in Group B Streptococcus

(2012) S. Jiang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The ancillary protein 1 of Streptococcus pyogenes FCT-1 pili mediates cell adhesion and biofilm formation through heterophilic as well as homophilic interactions

(2012) Marco Becherelli et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pili of Gram-positive bacteria: roles in host colonization

(2012) Camille Danne et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions between factor XIII and the  C region of fibrinogen

(2011) K. A. Smith et al.   BLOOD

Involvement of T6 Pili in Biofilm Formation by Serotype M6 Streptococcus pyogenes

(2011) K. R. Kimura et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Functional analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA), a novel group A streptococcal virulence factor

(2011) Ann Chang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Sortase enzymes in Gram-positive bacteria

(2011) Thomas Spirig et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcal M1 protein constructs a pathological host fibrinogen network

(2011) Pauline Macheboeuf et al.   NATURE

Molecular insight into invasive group A streptococcal disease

(2011) Jason N. Cole et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The GBS PI-2a Pilus Is Required for Virulence in Mice Neonates

(2011) Salvatore Papasergi et al.   PLoS One

Drosophila and Galleria insect model hosts

(2011) Michail S. Lionakis   Virulence

Virulence of serotype M3 Group AStreptococcusstrains in wax worms (Galleria mellonellalarvae)

(2011) Randall J. Olsen et al.   Virulence

Relevance of pili in pathogenic streptococci pathogenesis and vaccine development

(2010) Marco Soriani et al.   Future Microbiology

Roles of Minor Pilin Subunits Spy0125 and Spy0130 in the Serotype M1 Streptococcus pyogenes Strain SF370

(2010) W. D. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Molecular pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes in the alternative model host Galleria mellonella

(2010) S. A. Joyce et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The streptococcal M protein: a highly versatile molecule

(2010) Pierre R. Smeesters et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

A tale of two pili: assembly and function of pili in bacteria

(2010) Kimberly A. Kline et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

M1T1 group A streptococcal pili promote epithelial colonization but diminish systemic virulence through neutrophil extracellular entrapment

(2009) Laura E. Crotty Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria — structure, assembly and their role in disease

(2008) T. Proft et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

A group B streptococcal pilus protein promotes phagocyte resistance and systemic virulence

(2008) Heather C. Maisey et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Mode of Expression and Functional Characterization of FCT-3 Pilus Region-Encoded Proteins in Streptococcus pyogenes Serotype M49

(2008) M. Nakata et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Identifying specific protein interaction partners using quantitative mass spectrometry and bead proteomes

(2008) Laura Trinkle-Mulcahy et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Sequence Variation in Group AStreptococcusPili and Association of Pilus Backbone Types with Lancefield T Serotypes

(2008) Fabiana Falugi et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pili in Gram-positive bacteria: assembly, involvement in colonization and biofilm development

(2008) Anjali Mandlik et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY