Role of Neisseria meningitidis luxS in cell-to-cell signaling and bacteremic infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2245-2248

  Winzer, Klaus ^a   Sun, Yao Hui ^a   Green, Andrew ^a   Delory, Marie ^a   Blackley, David ^a   Hardie, Kim R ^a   Baldwin, Thomas J ^a   Tang, Christoph M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036128835     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2245-2248.2002     Document Type: Article

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