Role of the serine-rich surface glycoprotein GspB of Streptococcus gordonii in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-301

  Xiong, Yan Q ^a   Bensing, Barbara A ^b,c   Bayer, Arnold S ^a   Chambers, Henry F ^c   Sullam, Paul M ^b,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Bacterial; Endocarditis; Platelets; Streptococci; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GSPB; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; THROMBOCYTE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD PLATELETS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SERINE; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 50949085085     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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