A Neisseria gonorrhoeae immunoglobulin A1 protease mutant is infectious in the human challenge model of urethral infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3009-3013

  Johannsen, Diana B ^a   Johnston, David M ^a,b   Koymen, Hakan O ^a   Cohen, Myron S ^a   Cannon, Janne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0032986494     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.3009-3013.1999     Document Type: Article

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