Inhibition of complement-mediated opsonization and phagocytosis of Streptococcus pyogenes by D fragments of fibrinogen and fibrin bound to cell surface M protein
The biological effects of the binding of fibrin(ogen) degradation products to M protein-bearing group A streptococci were investigated. Type 24 group A streptococci bind fibrinogen degradation products of the D family, but not fragment E. Binding appears to be mediated by M protein, since a large pe...
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1985
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2187975/ |