Nafa negatively controls neisseria meningitidis piliation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Kuwae, Asaomi ^a,b   Sjölinder, Hong ^a   Eriksson, Jens ^a   Eriksson, Sara ^a   Chen, Yao ^a   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN NAFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEPSIS; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOGENICITY; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79959806377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021749     Document Type: Article

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