The virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae partially depends on dprA

Abstract Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most frequent opportunistic pathogens worldwide. DNA processing protein A (DprA) is an important factor involved in bacterial uptake and DNA integration into bacterial genome, but its role in S. pneumoniae virulence remains unclear. The aim of this stu...

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Main Authors: Yi Yu, De Chang, Huiwen Xu, Xuelin Zhang, Lei Pan, Chou Xu, Bing Huang, Hong Zhou, Jia Li, Jun Guo, Changting Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000200225&lng=en&tlng=en