Nrc of Streptococcus pneumoniae suppresses capsule expression and enhances anti-phagocytosis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-160

  Yamaguchi, Masaya ^a   Minamide, Yuki ^a   Terao, Yutaka ^a   Isoda, Ryutaro ^a   Ogawa, Taiji ^a   Yokota, Shin ichi ^b   Hamada, Shigeyuki ^c   Kawabata, Shigetada ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti phagocytosis; Capsule; Regulator; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOLYSIN; NRC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 70349948850     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.099     Document Type: Article

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