Modulation of Actin Dynamics by the Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysin Pneumolysin - a novel mechanism beyond pore formation

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the major causes of bacterial meningitis, which mainly affects young infants in the developing countries of Africa, Asia (esp. India) and South America, and which has case fatality rates up to 50% in those regions. Bacterial meningitis comprises an infection of the...

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Main Author: Hupp, Sabrina
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/5856
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70889
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70889
https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/files/5856/PhD_Thesis_Sabrina_Hupp_ohne_CV.pdf