Invasive isolates of Neisseria meningitidis possess enhanced immunoglobulin A1 protease activity compared to colonizing strains

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 331-337

  Vitovski, Srdjan ^a   Read, Robert C ^a   Sayers, Jon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Carrier state; Human; Meningitis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033044009     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.2.331     Document Type: Article

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