Oxygen Regulates Invasiveness and Virulence of Group B Streptococcus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 6707-6711

  Johri, Atul K ^a   Padilla, Joahnna ^a   Malin, Gennady ^a,c   Paoletti, Lawrence C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BioProcess Technology Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INNER CELL MASS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MICE; OXYGEN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0344851717     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.6707-6711.2003     Document Type: Article

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