Application of the C3-Binding Motif of Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin B to Protect Mice from Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection

• Chih-Feng Kuo ,

  * E-mail: kuo@isu.edu.tw

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Nina Tsao,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Miao-Hui Cheng ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Hsiu-Chen Yang ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chieh Wang ,

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Ying-Pin Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Science and Technology, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Kai-Jen Lin

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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