Two-partner secretion systems of Neisseria meningitidis associated with invasive clonal complexes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4649-4658

  Van Ulsen, Peter ^a,d   Rutten, Lucy ^b   Feller, Moniek ^c   Tommassen, Jan ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TWO PARTNER SECRETION A PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TWO PARTNER SECRETION SYSTEM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 53649103131     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00393-08     Document Type: Article

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