Contribution of Membrane-Damaging Toxins to Bacillus Endophthalmitis Pathogenesis
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Contribution of membrane-damaging toxins to Bacillus endophthalmitis pathogenesis.
Membrane-damaging toxins are thought to be responsible for the explosive clinical course of Bacillus endophthalmitis. This study analyzed the contribution of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) and phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C (PC-PLC) to the pathogenesis of experimental Bacillus endophthalmitis. Isogenic mutants were constructed by insertion of lacZ into Baci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.10.5381-5389.2002