Contribution of phosphoglucosamine mutase to the resistance of Streptococcus gordonii DL1 to polymorphonuclear leukocyte killing

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-202

  Yajima, Ayako ^a   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^a   Shimazu, Kisaki ^a   Urano Tashiro, Yumiko ^a   Uchikawa, Yoshimori ^a   Karibe, Hiroyuki ^a   Konishi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lysozyme; Peptidoglycan; Phagocytosis; Phosphoglucosamine mutase; Streptococcus gordonii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LYSOZYME; PHOSPHOGLUCOSAMINE MUTASE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 68249150682     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01673.x     Document Type: Article

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