Literature DB >> 12654851

Neisseria meningitidis RTX proteins are not required for virulence in infant rats.

Stanislav Forman1, Irena Linhartova, Radim Osicka, Xavier Nassif, Peter Sebo, Vladimir Pelicic.   

Abstract

RTX cytotoxins play an important role in virulence of numerous gram-negative pathogens. Unexpectedly, however, we show here that the RTX proteins of Neisseria meningitidis are dispensable for virulence in the infant rat model of infection.

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Year:  2003        PMID： 12654851      PMCID： PMC152105          DOI： 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2253-2257.2003

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Immun        ISSN： 0019-9567            Impact factor:   3.441


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