Strain-specific differences in pili formation and the interaction of Corynebacterium diphtheriae with host cells

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ott, Lisa ^a   Höller, Martina ^a   Rheinlaender, Johannes ^a   Schäffer, Tilman E ^a   Hensel, Michael ^b,c   Burkovski, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIMBRIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77957748131     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-257     Document Type: Article

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