The ciar response regulator in group b streptococcus promotes intracellular survival and resistance to innate immune defenses

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2023-2032

  Quach, Darin ^a   Van Sorge, Nina M ^b   Kristian, Sascha A ^b   Bryan, Joshua D ^c   Shelver, Daniel W ^c   Doran, Kelly S ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN CIAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

MURINAE; MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 64049107725     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01216-08     Document Type: Article

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