Increased chain length promotes pneumococcal adherence and colonization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3454-3459

  Rodriguez, Jesse L ^a   Dalia, Ankur B ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BODY FLUIDS; CARRIER STATE; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; NOSE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84867612880     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00587-12     Document Type: Article

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