Role of HrpA in biofilm formation of Neisseria meningitidis and regulation of the hrpBAS transcripts

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2285-2293

  Neil, R Brock ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HRPA PROTEIN; HRPB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; HRPA PROTEIN, NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL CONTACT; ENCAPSULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66549090156     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01502-08     Document Type: Article

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