Expression of the streptococcus pneumoniae pilus-1 undergoes on and off switching during colonization in mice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pancotto, Laura ^a   De Angelis, Gabriella ^a   Bizzarri, Esmeralda ^a   Barocchi, Michèle A ^a   Giudice, Giuseppe Del ^a   Moschioni, Monica ^a   Ruggiero, Paolo ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE MUCOSA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; NASAL MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84879665846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02040     Document Type: Article

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