Relative roles of pneumolysin and hydrogen peroxide from Streptococcus pneumoniae in inhibition of ependymal ciliary beat frequency

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1557-1562

  Hirst, Robert A ^a   Sikand, Kulvinder S ^a   Rutman, Andrew ^a   Mitchell, Timothy J ^b   Andrew, Peter W ^a   O'Callaghan, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CILIARY MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPENDYMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CILIA; DRUG SYNERGISM; EPENDYMA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS;

EID: 0033976512     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1557-1562.2000     Document Type: Article

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