Bcl-xL Affects Group A Streptococcus-Induced Autophagy Directly, by Inhibiting Fusion between Autophagosomes and Lysosomes, and Indirectly, by Inhibiting Bacterial Internalization via Interaction with Beclin 1-UVRAG

• Shintaro Nakajima ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shintaro Nakajima, Chihiro Aikawa

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Chihiro Aikawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shintaro Nakajima, Chihiro Aikawa

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takashi Nozawa,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Atsuko Minowa-Nozawa,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hirotaka Toh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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• Ichiro Nakagawa

  * E-mail: nakagawa.ichiro.7w@kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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