Pilus-mediated adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis is negatively controlled by the pilus-retraction machinery

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 579-589

  Yasukawa, Kazutoyo ^a,b   Martin, Patricia ^a,b   Tinsley, Colin R ^b,d   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33645072738     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04954.x     Document Type: Article

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