Neuraminidase expressed by Streptococcus pneumoniae desialylates the lipopolysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae: A paradigm for interbacterial competition among pathogens of the human respiratory tract

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7161-7164

  Shakhnovich, Elizabeth A ^a   King, Samantha J ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEURAMINIDASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036892227     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.12.7161-7164.2002     Document Type: Article

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