The enterobacterial common antigen-like gene cluster of Haemophilus ducreyi contributes to virulence in humans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1531-1536

  Banks, Keith E ^a   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Baker, Beth ^b   Billings, Steven D ^a,c   Katz, Barry P ^a   Munson Jr , Robert S ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^a,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d 435 Emerson Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PRENYLAMINE; PROTEIN WECA; UNDECAPRENYL P;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUSTULE;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHANCROID; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 43949133840     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588001     Document Type: Article

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