Inactivation of the haemophilus ducreyi luxS gene affects the virulence of this pathogen in human subjects

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-416

  Labandeira Rey, Maria ^c   Janowicz, Diane M ^a   Blick, Robert J ^b,c   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Zwickl, Beth ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a   Spinola, Stanley M ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CHANCROID; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SKIN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 67650690928     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/600142     Document Type: Article

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