Contribution of sialic acid-binding adhesin to pathogenesis of experimental endocarditis caused by Streptococcus gordonii DL1

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 740-743

  Takahashi, Yukihiro ^a   Takashima, Eizo ^a   Shimazu, Kisaki ^a   Yagishita, Hisao ^a   Aoba, Takaaki ^a   Konishi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BINDING PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HSA GENE; INFECTION RATE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII DL1;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; RATS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 29644438453     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.740-743.2006     Document Type: Article

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