Induction of group A Streptococcus virulence by a human antimicrobial peptide.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on October 20, 2008

Authors

Ioannis Gryllos1, Hien J Tran-Winkler, Ming-Fang Cheng, Hachung Chung, Robert Bolcome, Wuyuan Lu, Robert I Lehrer, Michael R Wessels

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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