Complement regulator Factor H mediates a two-step uptake of Streptococcus pneumoniae by human cells.

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Published in J Biol Chem on May 26, 2010

Authors

Vaibhav Agarwal1, Tauseef M Asmat, Shanshan Luo, Inga Jensch, Peter F Zipfel, Sven Hammerschmidt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics of Microorganisms, Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Strasse 15a, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany.

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