Outer-membrane vesicles from Gram-negative bacteria: Biogenesis and functions

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 605-619

  Schwechheimer, Carmen ^a   Kuehn, Meta J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LIPID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOGENESIS; CROSS LINKING; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; OUTER MEMBRANE VESICLE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; STRESS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS;

EID: 84941877295     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3525     Document Type: Review

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