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    The plasminogen binding protein PbsP is required for brain invasion by hypervirulent CC17 Group B streptococci

    Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus or GBS) is a frequent cause of serious disease in newborns and adults. Epidemiological evidence indicates a strong association between GBS strains belonging to the ...

    Germana Lentini, Angelina Midiri, Arnaud Firon, Roberta Galbo in Scientific Reports (2018)

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    A mouse model reproducing the pathophysiology of neonatal group B streptococcal infection

    Group B streptococcal (GBS) meningitis remains a devastating disease. The absence of an animal model reproducing the natural infectious process has limited our understanding of the disease and, consequently, d...

    Elva Bonifácio Andrade, Ana Magalhães, Ana Puga, Madalena Costa in Nature Communications (2018)

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    Modular Gene Over-expression Strategies for Candida albicans

    Over-expression is a valid functional genomics approach to characterise genes of unknown function on a genome-wide scale. Strains are engineered to over-express a specific gene and the resulting gain-of-functi...

    Vitor Cabral, Murielle Chauvel, Arnaud Firon, Mélanie Legrand in Host-Fungus Interactions (2012)