Porin content modifies resistance of Salmonella typhimurium to phagocytosis.
Mutants of Salmonella typhimurium, which contain different quantities of outer membrane proteins, show different susceptibility to phagocytosis. We correlate susceptibility to phagocytosis with molecular surface characteristics which are responsible for invasiveness and virulence of bacteria.
Tufano
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MA
Istituto di Microbiologia, I Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia Università di Napoli.
Sommese
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Capasso
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C
Scafa
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F
Galdiero
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E
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D018272:Porins; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018272:Porins