Attenuated virulence of min operon mutants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and their interactions with human urethral epithelial cells

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 545-554

  Parti, Rajinder P ^a   Biswas, Debabrata ^a   Helgeson, Sarah ^a   Michael, Frank S ^c   Cox, Andrew ^c   Dillon, Jo Anne R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adherence; Microcolony; MinC; MinD; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; OxyR

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OPA PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; COLONY FORMATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETHRA;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; UROTHELIUM; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 79955672042     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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