PspK of Streptococcus pneumoniae Increases Adherence to Epithelial Cells and Enhances Nasopharyngeal Colonization

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) colonizes the human nasopharynx and can cause invasive disease aided by the pneumococcal capsule. Group II nontypeable S. pneumoniae (NTSp) lacks a polysaccharide capsule, and a subgroup of NTSp carriage isolates has been found to have a novel gene, pneumo...

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Main Authors: Keller, L. E., Jones, C. V., Thornton, J. A., Sanders, M. E., Swiatlo, E., Nahm, M. H., Park, I. H., McDaniel, L. S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536125/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23115034
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00755-12
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