Intimate adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial cells is under the control of the crgA gene, a novel LysR-type transcriptional regulator

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1068-1078

  Deghmane, Ala Eddine ^a   Petit, Stéphanie ^a   Topilko, Andrzej ^a   Pereira, Yannick ^a   Giorgini, Dario ^a   Larribe, Mireille ^a   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Intimate adhesion; LysR regulator; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVILLUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0034161569     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.5.1068     Document Type: Article

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