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Benfang Lei

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1 Genome sequence of a serotype M3 strain of group A Streptococcus: phage-encoded toxins, the high-virulence phenotype, and clone emergence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002 5.07
2 Genome-wide protective response used by group A Streptococcus to evade destruction by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003 1.99
3 Direct hemin transfer from IsdA to IsdC in the iron-regulated surface determinant (Isd) heme acquisition system of Staphylococcus aureus. J Biol Chem 2008 1.72
4 Pathway for heme uptake from human methemoglobin by the iron-regulated surface determinants system of Staphylococcus aureus. J Biol Chem 2008 1.59
5 Prophage induction and expression of prophage-encoded virulence factors in group A Streptococcus serotype M3 strain MGAS315. Infect Immun 2003 1.57
6 Pneumococcal surface protein A contributes to secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae infection after influenza virus infection. J Infect Dis 2009 1.56
7 Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 1.47
8 The mechanism of direct heme transfer from the streptococcal cell surface protein Shp to HtsA of the HtsABC transporter. J Biol Chem 2006 1.43
9 Defects in ex vivo and in vivo growth and sensitivity to osmotic stress of group A Streptococcus caused by interruption of response regulator gene vicR. Microbiology 2006 1.42
10 Heme transfer from streptococcal cell surface protein Shp to HtsA of transporter HtsABC. Infect Immun 2005 1.40
11 Neutrophil isolation from nonhuman species. Methods Mol Biol 2007 1.36
12 Isoniazid activation defects in recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalase-peroxidase (KatG) mutants evident in InhA inhibitor production. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003 1.33
13 ABC transporter FtsABCD of Streptococcus pyogenes mediates uptake of ferric ferrichrome. BMC Microbiol 2005 1.28
14 The surface protein Shr of Streptococcus pyogenes binds heme and transfers it to the streptococcal heme-binding protein Shp. BMC Microbiol 2008 1.22
15 Bis-methionyl coordination in the crystal structure of the heme-binding domain of the streptococcal cell surface protein Shp. J Mol Biol 2007 1.20
16 Bis-methionine ligation to heme iron in the streptococcal cell surface protein Shp facilitates rapid hemin transfer to HtsA of the HtsABC transporter. J Biol Chem 2007 1.16
17 Insight of host immune evasion mediated by two variants of group a Streptococcus Mac protein. J Biol Chem 2004 1.16
18 Transient weak protein-protein complexes transfer heme across the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus. J Am Chem Soc 2011 1.13
19 The secreted esterase of group a streptococcus is important for invasive skin infection and dissemination in mice. Infect Immun 2009 1.13
20 Differential regulation of iron- and manganese-specific MtsABC and heme-specific HtsABC transporters by the metalloregulator MtsR of group A Streptococcus. Infect Immun 2006 1.10
21 Active and passive immunizations with the streptococcal esterase Sse protect mice against subcutaneous infection with group A streptococci. Infect Immun 2007 1.06
22 Identification and characterization of the heme-binding proteins SeShp and SeHtsA of Streptococcus equi subspecies equi. BMC Microbiol 2006 1.06
23 Characterization of an extracellular virulence factor made by group A Streptococcus with homology to the Listeria monocytogenes internalin family of proteins. Infect Immun 2003 1.05
24 Analysis of a novel prophage-encoded group A Streptococcus extracellular phospholipase A(2). J Biol Chem 2004 1.02
25 A periplasmic arsenite-binding protein involved in regulating arsenite oxidation. Environ Microbiol 2011 0.99
26 Group A Streptococcus secreted esterase hydrolyzes platelet-activating factor to impede neutrophil recruitment and facilitate innate immune evasion. PLoS Pathog 2012 0.98
27 Staphylococcus aureus uses a novel multidomain receptor to break apart human hemoglobin and steal its heme. J Biol Chem 2012 0.97
28 Spectroscopic identification of heme axial ligands in HtsA that are involved in heme acquisition by Streptococcus pyogenes. Biochemistry 2010 0.94
29 Neutrophils select hypervirulent CovRS mutants of M1T1 group A Streptococcus during subcutaneous infection of mice. Infect Immun 2014 0.93
30 Regulation of inhibition of neutrophil infiltration by the two-component regulatory system CovRS in subcutaneous murine infection with group A streptococcus. Infect Immun 2013 0.91
31 Esterase SeE of Streptococcus equi ssp. equi is a novel nonspecific carboxylic ester hydrolase. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008 0.90
32 The Two-Component Regulatory System VicRK is Important to Virulence of Streptococcus equi Subspecies equi. Open Microbiol J 2008 0.85
33 Characterization of streptococcal platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase variants that are involved in innate immune evasion. Infect Immun 2013 0.84
34 Axial ligand replacement mechanism in heme transfer from streptococcal heme-binding protein Shp to HtsA of the HtsABC transporter. Biochemistry 2013 0.83
35 Neutrophil isolation from nonhuman species. Methods Mol Biol 2014 0.82
36 ¹H, ¹³C, ¹⁵N backbone and side chain NMR resonance assignments of the N-terminal NEAr iron transporter domain 1 (NEAT 1) of the hemoglobin receptor IsdB of Staphylococcus aureus. Biomol NMR Assign 2013 0.81
37 Solution structure and molecular determinants of hemoglobin binding of the first NEAT domain of IsdB in Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemistry 2014 0.81
38 Direct heme transfer reactions in the Group A Streptococcus heme acquisition pathway. PLoS One 2012 0.81
39 IgG Endopeptidase SeMac does not Inhibit Opsonophagocytosis of Streptococcus equi Subspecies equi by Horse Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes. Open Microbiol J 2010 0.78
40 Lipid oxidation in trout muscle is strongly inhibited by a protein that specifically binds hemin released from hemoglobin. J Agric Food Chem 2013 0.75