Forman Stanislav, Linhartova Irena, Osicka Radim, Nassif Xavier, Sebo Peter, Pelicic Vladimir
Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ-142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic.
Infect Immun. 2003 Apr;71(4):2253-7. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2253-2257.2003.
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.
RTX细胞毒素在众多革兰氏阴性病原体的毒力中发挥着重要作用。然而,出乎意料的是,我们在此表明,脑膜炎奈瑟菌的RTX蛋白在幼鼠感染模型的毒力中并非必需。