The type III secretion system is involved in the invasion and intracellular survival of Escherichia coli K1 in human brain microvascular endothelial cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-24

  Yao, Yufeng ^a,b   Xie, Yi ^b   Perace, Donna ^b   Zhong, Yi ^a   Lu, Jie ^a   Tao, Jing ^a   Guo, Xiaokui ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Escherichia coli K1; Meningitis; Type III secretion system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDEL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 70349656403     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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