Type IV secretion machinery promotes ton-independent intracellular survival of Neisseria gonorrhoeae within cervical epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2429-2437

  Zola, Tracey A ^a,c   Strange, Heather R ^a   Dominguez, Nadia M ^b   Dillard, Joseph P ^b   Cornelissen, Cynthia N ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; IRON; PROTEIN TONB;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOST CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECRETION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77952707586     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00228-10     Document Type: Article

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