Dictyostelium discoideum as a model host for meningococcal pathogenesis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Colucci, Anna Maria Rosaria ^a   Peracino, Barbara ^b   Talà, Adelfia ^a   Bozzaro, Salvatore ^b   Alifano, Pietro ^a   Bucci, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial capsule; Dictyostelium discoideum; Neisseria meningitidis; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOULD; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TOXICITY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CULTURE MEDIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 48349144877     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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