The gbs pi-2a pilus is required for virulence in mice neonates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Papasergi, Salvatore ^a,b,c   Brega, Sara ^a,b   Mistou, Michel Yves ^a,b,d   Firon, Arnaud ^a,b   Oxaran, Virginie ^d   Dover, Ron ^e   Teti, Giuseppe ^c   Shai, Yechiel ^e   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^a,b   Dramsi, Shaynoor ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; COLISTIN; PILIN; POLYMYXIN B; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PILB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; FIMBRIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS; PILA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATHELICIDINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79954469744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018747     Document Type: Article

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