Regulation of gonococcal sialyltransferase, lipooligosaccharide, and serum resistance by glucose, pyruvate, and lactate

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4630-4637

  Mcgee, David J ^a   Rest, Richard F ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL KILLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

EID: 0029958319     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4630-4637.1996     Document Type: Article

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