The capsule sensitizes Streptococcus pneumoniae to α-defensins human neutrophil proteins 1 to 3

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3710-3716

  Beiter, Katharina ^a,b   Wartha, Florian ^a,b   Hurwitz, Robert ^c   Normark, Staffan ^a,b   Zychlinsky, Arturo ^c   Henriques Normark, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PROTEIN 1; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PROTEIN 2; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PROTEIN 3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ENCAPSULATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEUTROPHILS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 48849104512     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01748-07     Document Type: Article

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