Production of the signalling molecule, autoinducer-2, by Neisseria meningitidis: Lack of evidence for a concerted transcriptional response

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1859-1869

  Dove, Joanne E ^a,b   Yasukawa, Kazutoyo ^a   Tinsley, Colin R ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL CONTACT; DNA MICROARRAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037810906     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26185-0     Document Type: Article

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