A two-component system is required for colonization of host cells by meningococcus

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2288-2295

  Jamet, Anne ^a,b   Rousseau, Clotilde ^a,b   Monfort, Jean Benoit ^a,b   Frapy, Eric ^a,b   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c   Martin, Patricia ^a,b  

^a ERI 23   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REP 2 REGULON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 69949145154     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.027755-0     Document Type: Article

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