Sialic acids of both the capsule and the sialylated lipooligosaccharide of Neisseria meningitis serogroup B are prerequisites for virulence of meningococci in the infant rat

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-87

  Vogel, Ulrich ^a   Hammerschmidt, Sven ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capsule; Infant rat; Lipooligosaccharide sialylation; Neisseria meningitidis; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL MUTANT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIALYLATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MUTATION; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029742453     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050018     Document Type: Article

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