Attenuated virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae deficient in D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid is due to an increased susceptibility to defensins and phagocytic cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1615-1625

  Poyart, Claire ^a,b   Pellegrini, Elisabeth ^b   Marceau, Michael ^b   Baptista, Marina ^a,b   Jaubert, Francis ^c   Lamy, Marie Cécile ^a,b   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN B; DEFENSIN; DEXTRO ALANYLLIPOTEICHOIC ACID; GRAMICIDIN D; INDOLICIDIN; MAGAININ 2 AMIDE; NISIN; PEPTIDE; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INJECTION; INOCULATION; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN; DEFENSINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0141789720     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03655.x     Document Type: Article

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