Differential regulation of Bvg-activated virulence factors plays a role in Bordetella pertussis pathogenicity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1983-1993

  Kinnear, S M ^a   Marques, R R ^a   Carbonetti, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 0035084793     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.1983-1993.2001     Document Type: Article

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