Pilus backbone contributes to group B Streptococcus paracellular translocation through epithelial cells

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 890-898

  Pezzicoli, Alfredo ^a   Santi, Isabella ^a   Lauer, Peter ^a,b   Rosini, Roberto ^a   Rinaudo, Daniela ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a   Telford, John L ^a   Soriani, Marco ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b Anza Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSFER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CACO-2 CELLS; CERVIX UTERI; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 51749097576     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591182     Document Type: Article

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