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Characterization of the Domain of Fibronectin-Binding Protein I of Streptococcus pyogenes Responsible for Elicitation of a Protective Immune Response
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Published in Infection and Immunity (01.01.2001)
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Atlas of group A streptococcal vaccine candidates compiled using large-scale comparative genomics
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Published in Nature genetics (01.06.2019)
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Inhibition of Streptococcus pyogenes adherence to HaCaT cells by a peptide corresponding to the streptococcal fibronectin-binding protein, SfbI, is strain dependent
Edwards, Mandy L., Fagan, Peter K., Towers, Rebecca J., Currie, Bart J., Sriprakash, Kadaba S.
Published in Microbes and infection (01.08.2004)
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Immunological response mounted by Aboriginal Australians living in the Northern Territory of Australia against Streptococcus pyogenes serum opacity factor
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Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01.01.2002)
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01.01.2002)
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Extensive Diversity of Streptococcus pyogenes in a Remote Human Population Reflects Global-Scale Transmission Rather than Localised Diversification: e73851
Towers, Rebecca J, Carapetis, Jonathan R, Currie, Bart J, Davies, Mark R, Walker, Mark J, Dougan, Gordon, Giffard, Philip M
Published in PloS one (01.09.2013)
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Low rates of streptococcal pharyngitis and high rates of pyoderma in australian aboriginal communities where acute rheumatic fever is hyperendemic. Commentary
MCDONALD, Malcolm I, TOWERS, Rebecca J, ANDREWS, Ross M, BENGER, Norma, CURRIE, Bart J, CARAPETIS, Jonathan R, KAPLAN, Edward L, BISNO, Alan L
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (2006)
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Immunological response mounted by Aboriginal Australians living in the Northern Territory of Australia against Streptococcus pyogenes serum opacity factor The GenBank accession numbers for the sequences reported in this paper are AF367011 (sof VT3.2), AF367012 (sof VT3.1), AF367013 (sof VT2.2), AF367014 (sof VT21), AF367015 (sof VT37.1) and AF367016 (sof 13)
Gillen, Christine M, Towers, Rebecca J, McMillan, David J, Delvecchio, Armando, Sriprakash, K. S, Currie, Bart, Kreikemeyer, Berndt, Chhatwal, Gurusharan S, Walker, Mark J
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01.01.2002)
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