id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 1z40ks68h22 Daniel E. Hammers Finding a Match: The Role of Ion Transporters in Streptolysin S-Mediated Group A Streptococcal Infection 2022 .txt text/plain 358 14 24 GAS is a versatile pathogen that utilizes several virulence factors to contribute to disease, and their effects include lysing host cells, manipulating host immune responses and coagulation, and enabling GAS to adhere to host components. Recent evidence has suggested that SLS targets the membrane-associated ion transporter Band 3 to lyse erythrocytes, challenging the traditional hypothesis that SLS lyses host cells by disrupting cell membranes. cache/1z40ks68h22.txt txt/1z40ks68h22.txt