Sialic acid transport contributes to pneumococcal colonization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1262-1269

  Marion, Carolyn ^a,b   Burnaugh, Amanda M ^a,b   Woodiga, Shireen A ^a   King, Samantha J ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN ALPHA 1; SIALIC ACID; SODIUM SOLUTE SYMPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 79952307883     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00832-10     Document Type: Article

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