Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 4. Cell Communication and Cell Signaling
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#Unit 6. System Physiology – Plant
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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology
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The bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, for example, expresses cell-wall proteins called M antigens. Antibodies produced to streptococcal M antigens have been shown to cross-react with several myocardial and skeletal muscle proteins and have been implicated in heart and kidney damage following streptococcal infections.