Importance of the collagen adhesin ace in pathogenesis and protection against Enterococcus faecalis experimental endocarditis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Singh, Kavindra V ^a   Nallapareddy, Sreedhar R ^a   Sillanpää, Jouko ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN ACE; RECOMBINANT ACE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACE PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; HEART VALVE; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL SEPARATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONITIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL SEPARATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICE; MUTATION; PERITONITIS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77649214276     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000716     Document Type: Article

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