Neisseria meningitidis Undergoes PilC Phase Variation and PilE Sequence Variation during Invasive Disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 402-409

  Rytkönen, Anne ^a   Albiger, Barbara ^c   Hansson Palo, Paola ^a   Källström, Helena ^b   Olcén, Per ^d   Fredlund, Hans ^d   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1142273121     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381271     Document Type: Article

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