Importance of gls24 in virulence and stress response of Enterococcus faecalis and use of the Gls24 protein as a possible immunotherapy target

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 472-480

  Teng, Fang ^a   Nannini, Esteban C ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLS24; RABBIT ANTISERUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETHAL DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MICE; MUTATION; OPERON; PERITONITIS; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 12344323538     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427191     Document Type: Article

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