The alpha C protein mediates internalization of group B Streptococcus within human cervical epithelial cells

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 751-758

  Bolduc, G R ^a   Baron, M J ^a,b   Gravekamp, C ^a   Lachenauer, C S ^a   Madoff, L C ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ALPHA C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SURFACE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B'; TRIXIS;

EID: 0036854515     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2002.00227.x     Document Type: Review

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