DIPHOSPHOPYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDASE AS AN EXTRACELLULAR PRODUCT OF STREPTOCOCCAL GROWTH AND ITS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO LEUKOTOXICITY

Among 170 streptococcal strains, there were encountered 98 that yielded culture supernates which caused splitting of diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN). All of the latter belonged to Group A, C, or G. Release of DPNase accompanied the growth of diverse antigenic types of Group A streptococci, and d...

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Main Authors: Bernheimer, Alan W., Lazarides, Penelope D., Wilson, Armine T.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1957
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136729/