Invasion of HeLa cells by Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-31

  Bertuccini, Lucia ^a   Ammendolia, Maria ^a   Superti, Fabiana ^a   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Invasion; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMILORIDE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CLATHRIN; DANSYLCADAVERINE; ACID; CADAVERINE; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; INTERNALIZATION; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CADAVERINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0036580047     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0115-4     Document Type: Article

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