Serine-rich repeat proteins and pili promote Streptococcus agalactiae colonization of the vaginal tract

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6834-6842

  Sheen, Tamsin R ^a   Jimenez, Alyssa ^a   Wang, Nai Yu ^a   Banerjee, Anirban ^a   van Sorge, Nina M ^b   Doran, Kelly S ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 4; PILIN; PILIN A; PILIN B; SERINE DERIVATIVE; SERINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VAGINA;

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

EID: 84855841407     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00094-11     Document Type: Article

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