Group B streptococci and other gram-positive cocci bind to cytokeratin 8

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2129-2134

  Tamura, Glen S ^a,b   Nittayajarn, Aphakorn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KERATINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034019163     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.2129-2134.2000     Document Type: Article

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