Regulation of expression of the Haemophilus ducreyi LspB and LspA2 proteins by CpxR

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3402-3411

  Labandeira Rey, Maria ^a   Mock, Jason R ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN CPXR; PROTEIN LSPA1; PROTEIN LSPA2; PROTEIN LSPB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; LECTINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67651227355     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00292-09     Document Type: Article

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