A Haemophilus ducreyi CpxR deletion mutant is virulent in human volunteers

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1859-1865

  Labandeira Rey, Maria ^a   Dodd, Dana ^a   Fortney, Kate R ^b   Zwickl, Beth ^b   Katz, Barry P ^b   Janowicz, Diane M ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPXR; PROTEIN DSRA; PROTEIN LSPA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPXR GENE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUSTULE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULCUS MOLLE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHANCROID; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79957528946     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir190     Document Type: Article

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