Activation of the CpxRA system by deletion of cpxA impairs the ability of Haemophilus ducreyi to infect humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3898-3904

  Spinola, Stanley M ^a   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Baker, Beth ^b   Janowicz, Diane M ^a   Zwickl, Beth ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a   Blick, Robert J ^c,d   Munson Jr , Robert S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CPXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LECTIN; LSPA2 PROTEIN, HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; LSPB PROTEIN, HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CPXA GENE; CPXR GENE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; LECTINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 77956633640     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00432-10     Document Type: Article

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