Characterization of the Molecular Interplay between Moraxella catarrhalis and Human Respiratory Tract Epithelial Cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  de Vries, Stefan P W ^a   Eleveld, Marc J ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^a,b   Bootsma, Hester J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTERICIDIN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLYBDIC ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE LIPOPROTEIN; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA MCR 1483 GENE; ECNAB GENE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LGT1 GENE; MCR 1483 GENE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TRMB GENE; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84881171701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072193     Document Type: Article

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