Virulence determinants involved in differential host niche adaptation of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-196

  Schielke, Stephanie ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Kurzai, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fatty acid resistance; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Neisseria meningitidis; Transcriptional regulators; Two partner secretion system

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECRETION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77955560230     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-010-0150-5     Document Type: Review

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