Role of FNR and FNR-regulated, sugar fermentation genes in Neisseria meningitidis infection

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 963-972

  Bartolini, Erika ^a   Frigimelica, Elisabetta ^a   Giovinazzi, Serena ^a   Galli, Giuliano ^a   Shaik, Yazdani ^b,c   Genco, Caroline ^b,c   Welsch, Jo Anne ^d   Granoff, Dan M ^d   Grandi, Guido ^a   Grifantini, Renata ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE AND NITRATE REDUCTASE REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FNR GENE; GALM GENE; GENE DELETION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HYPOXIA; MAPA GENE; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RAT; REGULON; SUGAR FERMENTATION GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; REGULON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP B;

EID: 33646417659     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05163.x     Document Type: Article

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