Contribution of bacterial outer membrane vesicles to innate bacterial defense

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are constitutively produced by Gram-negative bacteria throughout growth and have proposed roles in virulence, inflammation, and the response to envelope stress. Here we investigate outer membrane vesicu...

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Main Authors: Manning Andrew J, Kuehn Meta J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-12-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/258