Impact of glutamine transporters on pneumococcal fitness under infection-related conditions

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-58

  Härtel, Tobias ^a,b   Klein, Matthias ^c   Koedel, Uwe ^a,c   Rohde, Manfred ^d   Petruschka, Lothar ^a   Hammerschmidt, Sven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMINE; PROTEIN GLNH; PROTEIN GLNP; PROTEIN GLNQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 78650901995     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00855-10     Document Type: Article

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