Pneumolysin, PspA, and PspC contribute to pneumococcal evasion of early innate immune responses during bacteremia in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2067-2070

  Quin, Lisa R ^a   Moore III, Quincy C ^a   McDaniel, Larry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN PLY; PROTEIN PSPA; PROTEIN PSPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL ENCAPSULATION; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPLEMENT C3; MICE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 34147146953     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01727-06     Document Type: Article

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