Control of Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin gene expression by environmental factors: Involvement of the pilA/pilB regulatory genes

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1757-1764

  Larribe, Mireille ^a   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^a   Topilko, Andrzej ^a   Marchal, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental factors; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Pilin expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; ISOLEUCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT GENE; REGULATOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PILA;

EID: 0030918109     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1757     Document Type: Article

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