The impact of pyruvate oxidase (SpxB) on the release of the toxin pneumolysin in <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>
<p><i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> (pneumococcus) is a major human pathogen and commensal organism of the nasopharynx. A major virulence factor of the pneumococcus is the cholesterol dependent, pore forming cytolysin pneumolysin. This toxin acts extracellularly, but the mechanism o...
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MSSTATE
2015
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| Online Access: | http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-07022015-002551/ |