In vitro resistance mechanisms of Neisseria meningitidis against neutrophil extracellular traps

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 433-449

  Lappann, Martin ^a   Danhof, Sophia ^a   Guenther, Frank ^a   Olivares Florez, Silvana ^a   Mordhorst, Ines Louise ^a   Vogel, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CATHEPSIN G; LIPID A; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; PROTEIN ZNUD; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SPONTANEOUSLY RELEASED OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATHEPSIN G; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ETHANOLAMINES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPID A; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHILS; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84880839043     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12288     Document Type: Article

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