A Mutant Form of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Pilus Secretin Protein PilQ Allows Increased Entry of Heme and Antimicrobial Compounds

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 730-739

  Chen, Ching Ju ^a   Tobiason, Deborah M ^b   Thomas, Christopher E ^a   Shafer, William M ^c,d   Seifert, H Steven ^b   Sparling, P Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; KANAMYCIN; PORPHYRIN; PROTEIN PILQ; SECRETIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM PILUS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HEME; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 1642581491     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.3.730-739.2004     Document Type: Article

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