Host sialic acids: A delicacy for the pathogen with discerning taste

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Haines Menges, Brandy L ^a   Whitaker, W Brian ^a   Lubin, J B ^a   Boyd, E Fidelma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; SIALIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85001828586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MBP-0005-2014     Document Type: Article

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