Staphylococcal alpha-toxin is not sufficient to mediate escape from phagolysosomes in upper-airway epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3611-3625

  Giese, Bernd ^a   Dittmann, Silvia ^a   Paprotka, Kerstin ^a   Levin, Katja ^a   Weltrowski, Annett ^a   Biehler, Diana ^a   Lâm, Thiên Trí ^b   Sinha, Bhanu ^b   Fraunholz, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; LISTERIOLYSIN O; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHAGOSOMES; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 69049103160     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01478-08     Document Type: Article

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