Opacity-associated adhesin repertoire in hyperinvasive Neisseria meningitidis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5085-5094

  Callaghan, Martin J ^a   Jolley, Keith A ^b   Maiden, Martin C J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CLONE; CLONAL VARIATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748074140     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00293-06     Document Type: Article

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