Lysozyme facilitates adherence of Enterococcus faecium to host cells and induction of necrotic cell death

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 554-562

  Höring, Steffen ^a   Schütz, Monika ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Gröbner, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Lysozyme; Necrosis; Reactive oxygen species; SgrA

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LYSOZYME; PHALLOIDIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MURAMIDASE; NECROSIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; U937 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84860468065     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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