Studies on cell wall-attached proteins of Streptococcus pyogenes
Cell wall-attached proteins (CWPs) are important for the virulence of Gram-positive bacteria, but are also targets for the host immune system. CWPs have a conserved COOH-terminal region, responsible for cell wall-sorting. A pattern based on this conserved region was developed. The pattern identifies genes encoding CWPs, with high sensitivity and specificity, in whole genomes of Gram-positive bacte
