Studies on pneumolysin and on pneumococcal gene expression under aerobiosis
In this thesis two aspects of Streptococcus pneumoniae were studied. First, studies were done on the pneumolysin toxin of the pneumococcus, which has been shown to play an important role in the development of disease. This toxin is known to possess cytolytic and complement activation activities, whi...
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University of Leicester
2006
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