Identification of a Group B Streptococcal Fibronectin Binding Protein, SfbA, That Contributes to Invasion of Brain Endothelium and Development of Meningitis

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

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Group B Streptococcus CovR regulation modulates host immune signalling pathways to promote vaginal colonization

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Characterization of Fibrinogen Binding by Glycoproteins Srr1 and Srr2 ofStreptococcus agalactiae

(2013) Ho Seong Seo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Defense at the border: the blood–brain barrier versus bacterial foreigners

(2012) Nina M van Sorge et al.   Future Microbiology

The PavA-like Fibronectin-Binding Protein of Enterococcus faecalis, EfbA, Is Important for Virulence in a Mouse Model of Ascending Urinary Tract Infection

(2012) R. Torelli et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Binding of Glycoprotein Srr1 of Streptococcus agalactiae to Fibrinogen Promotes Attachment to Brain Endothelium and the Development of Meningitis

(2012) Ho Seong Seo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Extracellular matrix and matrix receptors in blood-brain barrier formation and stroke

(2011) Kim M. Baeten et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998–2007

(2011) Michael C. Thigpen et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Overview of the Matrisome--An Inventory of Extracellular Matrix Constituents and Functions

(2011) R. O. Hynes et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Bacterial Pili exploit integrin machinery to promote immune activation and efficient blood-brain barrier penetration

(2011) Anirban Banerjee et al.   Nature Communications

Glycosaminoglycan Binding Facilitates Entry of a Bacterial Pathogen into Central Nervous Systems

(2011) Yung-Chi Chang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Antimicrobial Treatment of Acute Bacterial Meningitis

(2010) M. C. Brouwer et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

The surface protein HvgA mediates group B streptococcus hypervirulence and meningeal tropism in neonates

(2010) Asmaa Tazi et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

The Group B Streptococcal Serine‐Rich Repeat 1 Glycoprotein Mediates Penetration of the Blood‐Brain Barrier

(2009) Nina M. van Sorge et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Structure and function of the blood–brain barrier

(2009) N. Joan Abbott et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Recent advances in understanding the molecular basis of group B Streptococcus virulence

(2008) Heather C. Maisey et al.   EXPERT REVIEWS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Fba, a novel fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus pyogenes, promotes bacterial entry into epithelial cells, and the fba gene is positively transcribed under the Mga regulator

(2003) Yutaka Terao et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY