A novel phase-variable autotransporter serine protease, AusI, of Neisseria meningitidis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2088-2097

  van Ulsen, Peter ^a,c   Adler, Ben ^b   Fassler, Peter ^a   Gilbert, Maarten ^a,c   van Schilfgaarde, Muriel ^c   van der Ley, Peter ^c   van Alphen, Loek ^a,c   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NETHERLANDS VACCINE INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autotransporter; Neisseria meningitidis; Phase variation; Secreted proteins

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; ENZYME AUSI; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NAIP GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLY C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 33748134642     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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