Sialidase of Streptococcus intermedius: A putative virulence factor modifying sugar chains

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 584-595

  Takao, Ayuko ^a   Nagamune, Hideaki ^b   Maeda, Nobuko ^a  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The University of Tokushima   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; HepG2 binding; Sialidase; Streptococcus intermedius

Indexed keywords

ASIALOGLYCOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; EDETIC ACID; GLYCOSIDASE; MUCIN; PROTEIN NANA; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

BIOFILMS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; NEURAMINIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77957905452     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2010.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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