Characterization of igaB, a second immunoglobulin A1 protease gene in nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 5860-5870

  Fernaays, Matthew M ^a   Lesse, Alan J ^a,c   Cai, Xueya ^b   Murphy, Timothy F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1 PROTEASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE 11P6H; IGA GENE; IGAB GENE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 33749261823     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00796-06     Document Type: Article

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