Activation of nf-κb by neisseria gonorrhoeae is associated with microcolony formation and type iv pilus retraction

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1168-1182

  Dietrich, Manuela ^a   Bartfeld, Sina ^a   Munke, Rebekka ^a   Lange, Claudia ^a   Ogilvie, Lesley A ^b   Friedrich, Alexandra ^c   Meyer, Thomas F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CYANO BIOTECH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM PILUS RETRACTION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FORCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEAR STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NF-KAPPA B; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 79960399933     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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