Exogenous sialic acid transport contributes to group B streptococcus infection of mucosal surfaces

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 924-931

  Pezzicoli, Alfredo ^a   Ruggiero, Paolo ^a   Amerighi, Fulvia ^a   Telford, John L ^a   Soriani, Marco ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAL0039 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OPERON; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84865779998     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis451     Document Type: Article

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