New insights into the role of the glutamic acid of the E-box motif in group B Streptococcus pilus 2a assembly.

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Published in FASEB J on January 17, 2012

Authors

Roberta Cozzi1, Annalisa Nuccitelli, Mariapina D'Onofrio, Francesca Necchi, Roberto Rosini, Francesca Zerbini, Massimiliano Biagini, Nathalie Norais, Christian Beier, John L Telford, Guido Grandi, Michael Assfalg, Martin Zacharias, Domenico Maione, C Daniela Rinaudo

Author Affiliations

1: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, via Fiorentina, 1 53100 Siena, Italy.

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