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A Mouse Nasopharyngeal Colonization Model for Group A Streptococcus

scientific article published on 1 January 2020

A potential role for staphylococcal and streptococcal superantigens in driving skewing of TCR Vβ subsets in tonsillar hyperplasia

scientific article published on 4 May 2017

Artificial Urine for Teaching Urinalysis Concepts and Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in the Medical Microbiology Laboratory

scientific article published on September 2017

Assays to Analyze Adhesion of Group A Streptococcus to Host Cells

scientific article published on 1 January 2020

Bacterial superantigens

scientific article published in September 2003

Cell wall-anchored 5'-nucleotidases in Gram-positive cocci

scientific article published on 24 December 2019

Cellular Uptake and Transport Mechanism Investigations of PEGylated Niosomes for Improving the Oral Delivery of Thymopentin

scientific article published on 14 March 2024

Comparison of firefly luciferase and NanoLuc luciferase for biophotonic labeling of group A Streptococcus

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Conservation and variation in superantigen structure and activity highlighted by the three-dimensional structures of two new superantigens from Streptococcus pyogenes

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Crystal Structure of the Minor Pilin FctB Reveals Determinants of Group A Streptococcal Pilus Anchoring

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Crystal structure of Spy0129, a Streptococcus pyogenes class B sortase involved in pilus assembly

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Crystallographic and mutational data show that the streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin J can use a common binding surface for T-cell receptor binding and dimerization

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Development and evaluation of a new triplex immunoassay that detects Group A Streptococcus antibodies for the diagnosis of rheumatic fever

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

Development of a high-throughput opsonophagocytic assay for the determination of functional antibody activity against Streptococcus pyogenes using bioluminescence

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

Different Preparations of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Vary in Their Efficacy to Neutralize Streptococcal Superantigens: Implications for Treatment of Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome

scientific article published on 15 September 2006

Functional Analysis of Two Novel Streptococcus iniae Virulence Factors Using a Zebrafish Infection Model

scientific article published on 05 September 2020

Functional analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA), a novel group A streptococcal virulence factor

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Galleria mellonella infection models for the study of bacterial diseases and for antimicrobial drug testing

scientific article published on 05 January 2016

Galleria mellonella larvae as an infection model for group A streptococcus

scientific article published on 7 May 2013

Generation of Bioluminescent Group A Streptococcus for Biophotonic Imaging

scientific article published on 1 January 2020

Group A T Antigens Have a Highly Conserved Structure Concealed under a Heterogeneous Surface That Has Implications for Vaccine Design

scientific article published on 21 May 2019

Identification and characterization of hitherto unknown Mycoplasma pneumoniae proteins.

scientific article published on July 1994

Identification and characterization of novel superantigens from Streptococcus pyogenes

scientific article published on January 1999

Immobilization of proteins to biacore sensor chips using Staphylococcus aureus sortase A

scientific article published on 15 April 2008

Impact of Superantigen-Producing Bacteria on T Cells from Tonsillar Hyperplasia

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Increasing incidence of invasive group A streptococcus disease in New Zealand, 2002-2012: a national population-based study

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

Involvement of Streptococcal Mitogenic Exotoxin Z in Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome

scientific article (publication date: July 2005)

Involvement of streptococcal superantigens in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

scientific article published in April 2006

Isopeptide bonds in bacterial pili and their characterization by X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry

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M-Protein Analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Associated with Acute Rheumatic Fever in New Zealand

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

Molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus from pharyngeal isolates in Auckland, New Zealand, 2013

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Mucosal vaccination with pili from Group A Streptococcus expressed on Lactococcus lactis generates protective immune responses.

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Orthologues of Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA) and streptococcal 5'-nucleotidase A (S5nA) found in Streptococcus iniae

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

PilVax - a novel peptide delivery platform for the development of mucosal vaccines.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

PilVax, a novel Lactococcus lactis-based mucosal vaccine platform, stimulates systemic and mucosal immune responses to Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 9 March 2020

Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria - structure, assembly and their role in disease.

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Preformulation studies of thymopentin: analytical method development, physicochemical properties, kinetic degradation investigations and formulation perspective

scientific article published on 3 October 2021

Publisher Correction: Mucosal vaccination with pili from Group A Streptococcus expressed on Lactococcus lactis generates protective immune responses.

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Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of Streptococcus pyogenes laminin-binding protein Lbp

scientific article published on 31 January 2008

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the minor pilin FctB from Streptococcus pyogenes

scientific article published on 28 January 2010

Pyrogenicity and cytokine-inducing properties of Streptococcus pyogenes superantigens: comparative study of streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z and pyrogenic exotoxin A.

scientific article published on June 2001

Sequence analysis and characterization of the hmw gene cluster of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

scientific article published on May 1996

Serological Evidence of Immune Priming by Group A Streptococci in Patients with Acute Rheumatic Fever

scientific article published on 22 July 2016

Sortase-mediated protein ligation: an emerging biotechnology tool for protein modification and immobilisation

scientific article published on September 2009

Stabilized plasmid-based system for bioluminescent labeling of multiple streptococcal species

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Stabilizing isopeptide bonds revealed in gram-positive bacterial pilus structure

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Streptococcal 5'-Nucleotidase A (S5nA), a Novel Streptococcus pyogenes Virulence Factor That Facilitates Immune Evasion

scientific article published on 2 November 2015

Streptococcal Superantigens: Biological properties and potential role in disease

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Streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin, SmeZ, is the most susceptible M1T1 streptococcal superantigen to degradation by the streptococcal cysteine protease, SpeB.

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Streptococcal superantigenic toxins

scientific article published in 2006

Streptococcal superantigens

scientific article published in January 2007

Streptococcal superantigens: categorization and clinical associations

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A (SpnA) mediated virulence does not exclusively depend on nuclease activity.

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Structural Conservation, Variability, and Immunogenicity of the T6 Backbone Pilin of Serotype M6 Streptococcus pyogenes

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Structure and Activity of Streptococcus pyogenes SipA: A Signal Peptidase-Like Protein Essential for Pilus Polymerisation

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Superantigens and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome

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Superantigens: just like peptides only different

scientific article published on March 1998

Survey of the bp/tee genes from clinical group A streptococcus isolates in New Zealand - implications for vaccine development

scientific article published on 4 September 2014

The Cytokine Response to Streptococcal Superantigens Varies Between Individual Toxins and Between Individuals: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Group A Streptococcal Diseases

scientific article published in July 2007

The Group A Streptococcus serotype M2 pilus plays a role in host cell adhesion and immune evasion

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

The Laminin-Binding Protein Lbp from Streptococcus pyogenes Is a Zinc Receptor

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The P200 protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae shows common features with the cytadherence-associated proteins HMW1 and HMW3.

scientific article published on May 1996

The Three-dimensional structure of a superantigen-like protein, SET3, from a pathogenicity island of the Staphylococcus aureus genome

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The Use of Galleria mellonella (Wax Moth) as an Infection Model for Group A Streptococcus

scientific article published on 1 January 2020

The ability of Group A streptococcus to adhere to immortalized human skin versus throat cell lines does not reflect their predicted tissue tropism

scientific article published on 20 March 2017

The bacterial superantigen and superantigen-like proteins

scientific article published in October 2008

The bacterial superantigen streptococcal mitogenic exotoxin Z is the major immunoactive agent of Streptococcus pyogenes

scientific article published in September 2002

The novel Group A Streptococcus antigen SpnA combined with bead-based immunoassay technology improves streptococcal serology for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

The staphylococcal superantigen-like protein 7 binds IgA and complement C5 and inhibits IgA-Fc alpha RI binding and serum killing of bacteria

scientific article published in March 2005

The streptococcal superantigen SMEZ exhibits wide allelic variation, mosaic structure, and significant antigenic variation

scientific article published on May 2000

The use of sortase-mediated ligation for the immobilisation of bacterial adhesins onto fluorescence-labelled microspheres: a novel approach to analyse bacterial adhesion to host cells

scientific article published on 11 July 2010

Toxin-antitoxin-stabilized reporter plasmids for biophotonic imaging of Group A streptococcus

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Two novel superantigens found in both group A and group C Streptococcus

scientific article published in March 2003

Using Lactococcus lactis as Surrogate Organism to Study Group A Streptococcus Surface Proteins

scientific article published on 1 January 2020

Vaccination with Streptococcus pyogenes nuclease A stimulates a high antibody response but no protective immunity in a mouse model of infection

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Variations in the protective immune response against streptococcal superantigens in populations of different ethnicity

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Working towards a group A streptococcal vaccine: report of a collaborative Trans-Tasman workshop

scientific article published on 14 May 2014