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. 2000 Mar;68(3):1215–1221. doi: 10.1128/iai.68.3.1215-1221.2000

TABLE 2.

Adherence of S. pyogenes mutants with knockouts in genes encoding putative virulence factors for skin infections

Virulence factor mutant Adherence of mutants relative to wild-type strain (M49, M2, M3, M18)a
mga 1.3
mrp 1.8
emm 1.4, 1.0
enn 1.0
scpA 2.1
orfX 1.6
has 13.0, 2.3, 1.3, 2.0
speB 1.3
oppA to oppF 3.9
oppA 3.8
oppD/F 5.5
ska 1.7
rof 0.9
cia 1.0
lrp 1.2
sdaD 1.2
a

Adherence of mutant/adherence of wild-type strain. Values are the mean of at least two experiments.