Increased expression of the type IV secretion system in piliated Neisseria gonorrhoeae variants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1912-1920

  Salgado Pabón, Wilmara ^a,c   Du, Ying ^b   Hackett, Kathleen T ^a   Lyons, Katelynn M ^a   Arvidson, Cindy Grove ^b   Dillard, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 77949696055     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01357-09     Document Type: Article

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