The Neisseria meningitidis capsule is important for intracellular survival in human cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3594-3603

  Spinosa, Maria Rita ^a   Progida, Cinzia ^a   Talà, Adelfia ^a   Cogli, Laura ^a   Alifano, Pietro ^a   Bucci, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CATHELICIDIN; CATIONIC ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; DEFENSIN; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPA GENE; MTRCDE GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIAD GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; U937 CELLS;

EID: 34447269962     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01945-06     Document Type: Article

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