Modulation of gonococcal piliation by regulatable transcription of pilE

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1600-1609

  Long, C D ^a   Hayes, S F ^a   Van Putten, J P M ^a   Harvey, H A ^a   Apicella, M A ^a   Seifert, H S ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ISOPROPYL BETA THIOGALACTOSIDE; THIOGLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LAC OPERON; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE;

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

EID: 0035117796     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.5.1600-1609.2001     Document Type: Article

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