A Key Role for the Urokinase Plasminogen Activator (uPA) in Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection

• Martina L. Sanderson-Smith ,

  * E-mail: martina@uow.edu.au

  Affiliation Ilawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Yueling Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yueling Zhang, Diane Ly

  Affiliation W. M. Keck Centre for Transgene Research and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

  ⨯
• Diane Ly ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yueling Zhang, Diane Ly

  Affiliation Ilawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Deborah Donahue,

  Affiliation W. M. Keck Centre for Transgene Research and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

  ⨯
• Andrew Hollands,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  ⨯
• Victor Nizet,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

  ⨯
• Marie Ranson,

  Affiliation Ilawarra Health and Medical Research Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

  ⨯
• Victoria A. Ploplis,

  Affiliation W. M. Keck Centre for Transgene Research and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

  ⨯
• Mark J. Walker,

  Affiliation School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience and Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

  ⨯
• Francis J. Castellino

  Affiliation W. M. Keck Centre for Transgene Research and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

  ⨯