Meningococcal internalization into human endothelial and epithelial cells is triggered by the influx of extracellular L-glutamate via GltT L-glutamate ABC transporter in neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 380-382

  Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; EZRIN; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GLTT GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NMB1964 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 78650862585     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00497-10     Document Type: Article

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