Ecto-5′-Nucleotidase: A Candidate Virulence Factor in Streptococcus sanguinis Experimental Endocarditis

• Jingyuan Fan,

  Current address: Division of Periodontology, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Yongshu Zhang,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Olivia N. Chuang-Smith,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Kristi L. Frank,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Brian D. Guenther,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Marissa Kern,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Patrick M. Schlievert,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Mark C. Herzberg

  * E-mail: mcherzb@umn.edu

  Affiliations Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Mucosal and Vaccine Research Center, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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