A functional two-partner secretion system contributes to adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to epithelial cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7968-7976

  Schmitt, Corinna ^a   Turner, David ^b   Boesl, Maria ^a   Abele, Marion ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HRPA; PROTEIN HRPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 36549065290     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00851-07     Document Type: Article

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