Resistance to mucosal lysozyme compensates for the fitness deficit of peptidoglycan modifications by Streptococcus pneumoniae

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Davis, Kimberly M ^a   Akinbi, Henry T ^b   Standish, Alistair J ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ENZYME; LYSOZYME; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSOZYME M, MOUSE; PGDA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 58149240262     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000241     Document Type: Article

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