Phase variation in meningococcal lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis genes

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Berrington, A W ^a   Tan, Y C ^a   Srikhanta, Y ^a   Kuipers, B ^b   Van der Ley, P ^b   Peak, I R A ^c   Jennings, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lipooligosaccharide; Lipopolysaccharide; Meningococcus; Neisseria meningitidis; Pathogenesis; Phase variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE BIOSYNTHESIS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037073547     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(02)00369-3     Document Type: Article

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