The role played by the group A streptococcal negative regulator Nra on bacterial interactions with epithelial cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-114

  Molinari, Gabriella ^a   Rohde, Manfred ^a   Talay, Susanne R ^a   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a   Beckert, Susanne ^b   Podbielski, Andreas ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL DAMAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TARGET CELL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0035052148     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02373.x     Document Type: Article

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