Epithelial cell invasion by group B streptococci is important to virulence.
La Penta
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Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Framson
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Nizet
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Rubens
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D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009154:Mutation; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000209:etiology; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics