The Ami-AliA/AliB permease of Streptococcus pneumoniae is involved in nasopharyngeal colonization but not in invasive disease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3902-3906

  Kerr, A R ^a   Adrian, P V ^b   Estevao S ^b   De Groot, R ^b   Alloing, G ^c   Claverys, J P ^c   Mitchell, T J ^a   Hermans, P W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ALIA PROTIEN; ALIB PROTEIN; AMI ALIA ALIB PERMEASE; AMIA PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PERMEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRONCHI; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; LIPOPROTEINS; LUNG; MICE; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 3042685720     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.3902-3906.2004     Document Type: Article

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