High-frequency intracellular invasion of epithelial cells by serotype M1 group A streptococci: M1 protein-mediated invasion and cytoskeletal rearrangements

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 859-870

  Dombek, Priscilla E ^a   Cue, David ^a   Sedgewick, Jerry ^a   Lam, Hong ^a   Ruschkowski, Sharon ^b   Finlay, B Brett ^b   Cleary, P Patrick ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LATEX; M PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; LYSOSOME MEMBRANE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ACTINS; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 0032904116     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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