Meningococcal biofilm growth on an abiotic surface - A model for epithelial colonization?

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1940-1952

  O'Dwyer, Clíona A ^a   Li, Ming Shi ^a   Langford, Paul R ^a   Kroll, J Simon ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; LIPID LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPID-LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B;

EID: 67650723102     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.026559-0     Document Type: Article

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