Two lytic transglycosylases in Neisseria gonorrhoeae impart resistance to killing by lysozyme and human neutrophils

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Ragland, Stephanie A ^a   Schaub, Ryan E ^b   Hackett, Kathleen T ^b   Dillard, Joseph P ^b   Criss, Alison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZUROCIDIN; CATHEPSIN G; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LYSOZYME; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL GRANULE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHAGOSOME; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MURAMIDASE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 84996477451     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12662     Document Type: Article

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