Streptococcal collagen-like protein A and general stress protein 24 are immunomodulating virulence factors of group A Streptococcus

Streptokinase variants fromStreptococcus pyogenesisolates display altered plasminogen activation characteristics - implications for pathogenesis

(2012) Simon M. Cook et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

BLAST Ring Image Generator (BRIG): simple prokaryote genome comparisons

(2011) Nabil-Fareed Alikhan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular insight into invasive group A streptococcal disease

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

BamView: viewing mapped read alignment data in the context of the reference sequence

(2010) T. Carver et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Binding of the Human Complement Regulators CFHR1 and Factor H by Streptococcal Collagen-like Protein 1 (Scl1) via Their Conserved C Termini Allows Control of the Complement Cascade at Multiple Levels

(2010) Michael Reuter et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Dissection of the Molecular Basis for Hypervirulence of an In Vivo–Selected Phenotype of the Widely Disseminated M1T1 Strain of Group AStreptococcusBacteria

(2010) Rita G. Kansal et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genetic Switch to Hypervirulence Reduces Colonization Phenotypes of the Globally Disseminated Group AStreptococcusM1T1 Clone

(2010) Andrew Hollands et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Parameters Governing Invasive Disease Propensity of Non-M1 Serotype Group A Streptococci

(2010) Peter G. Maamary et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

An insert in the covS gene distinguishes a pharyngeal and a blood isolate of Streptococcus pyogenes found in the same individual

(2010) A. F. Garcia et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Microevolution of Group A Streptococci In Vivo: Capturing Regulatory Networks Engaged in Sociomicrobiology, Niche Adaptation, and Hypervirulence

(2010) Ramy K. Aziz et al.   PLoS One

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Pathogenic and Probiotic Enterococcus faecalis Isolates, and Their Transcriptional Responses to Growth in Human Urine

(2010) Heidi C. Vebø et al.   PLoS One

M Protein and Hyaluronic Acid Capsule Are Essential for In Vivo Selection of covRS Mutations Characteristic of Invasive Serotype M1T1 Group A Streptococcus

(2010) J. N. Cole et al.   mBio

Highly Frequent Mutations in Negative Regulators of Multiple Virulence Genes in Group A Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Isolates

(2010) Tadayoshi Ikebe et al.   PLoS Pathogens

A decade of molecular pathogenomic analysis of group A Streptococcus

(2009) James M. Musser et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The Scl1 protein of M6-type group AStreptococcusbinds the human complement regulatory protein, factor H, and inhibits the alternative pathway of complement

(2009) Clayton C. Caswell et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Transcriptome of the Nosocomial Pathogen Enterococcus faecalis V583 Reveals Adaptive Responses to Growth in Blood

(2009) Heidi C. Vebø et al.   PLoS One

The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology

(2008) Ramy K Aziz et al.   BMC GENOMICS

M protein-mediated plasminogen binding is essential for the virulence of an invasive Streptococcus pyogenes isolate

(2008) M. L. Sanderson-Smith et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A Naturally Occurring Mutation in ropB Suppresses SpeB Expression and Reduces M1T1 Group A Streptococcal Systemic Virulence

(2008) Andrew Hollands et al.   PLoS One