Mutagenesis of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae porin reduces invasion in epithelial cells and enhances phagocyte responsiveness

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 903-913

  Bauer, Frank J ^a   Rudel, Thomas ^b   Stein, Markus ^a,c   Meyer, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOTYPE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHAGOCYTES; PORINS; RESPIRATORY BURST; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA;

EID: 0032930533     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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