Capsule shedding: A new bacterial pathway that promotes invasive disease

Monday, February 29, 2016 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified an enzyme that acts early in pneumococcal infections to promote bacterial survival and invasive disease by removing the bacteria's capsule. The research appears today in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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