New putative virulence factors of Streptococcus suis involved in invasion of porcine brain microvascular endothelial cells

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Vanier, Ghyslaine ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^a   Slater, Josh D ^b   Domínguez Punaro, María de la Cruz ^a   Rycroft, Andrew N ^b   Segura, Mariela ^a   Maskell, Duncan J ^c   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Mouse and pig models; Porcine endothelial cells; Streptococcus suis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE LIBRARY; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 57949110171     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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