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The Meningococcal Cysteine Transport System Plays a Crucial Role in Neisseria meningitidis Survival in Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells

While Neisseria meningitidis typically exists in an asymptomatic nasopharyngeal carriage state, it may cause potentially lethal diseases in humans, such as septicemia or meningitis, by invading deeper sites in the body. Since the nutrient compositions of human cells are not always conducive to menin...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Hideyuki, Watanabe, Haruo, Kim, Kwang Sik, Yokoyama, Shigeyuki, Yanagisawa, Tatsuo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30538184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02332-18