Implications of phase variation of a gene (pgtA) encoding a pilin galactosyl transferase in gonococcal pathogenesis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-162

  Banerjee, Asesh ^a   Wang, Rong ^b   Supernavage, Sherry L ^a   Ghosh, Salil K ^a   Parker, James ^c   Ganesh, Nisha F ^a   Wang, Peng G ^d   Gulati, Sunita ^e   Rice, Peter A ^e  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DGI; Glycosyl transferase; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Pilus; Poly G tract

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GENE PRODUCT; PILIN; PROTEIN PGTA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONORRHEA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POLY G; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037099542     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20012022     Document Type: Article

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