Expression of δ-toxin by Staphylococcus aureus mediates escape from phago-endosomes of human epithelial and endothelial cells in the presence of β-toxin

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 316-329

  Giese, Bernd ^a   Glowinski, Frithjof ^a   Paprotka, Kerstin ^a   Dittmann, Silvia ^a   Steiner, Tobias ^a   Sinha, Bhanu ^b   Fraunholz, Martin J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BETA TOXIN; DELTA TOXIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACIDIFICATION; AGR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENDOSOME; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TECHNIQUE;

MAMMALIA; PHAGO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 78651427582     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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