A novel vertebrate model of Staphylococcus aureus infection reveals phagocyte-dependent resistance of zebrafish to non-host specialized pathogens

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2312-2325

  Prajsnar, Tomasz K ^a,b   Cunliffe, Vincent T ^a   Foster, Simon J ^a   Renshaw, Stephen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PERR; PROTEIN PHEP; PROTEIN SAER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYO; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MUTATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL RATE; ZEBRAFISH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO RERIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 54049105321     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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