Expression of the Flp proteins by Haemophilus ducreyi is necessary for virulence in human volunteers

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Janowicz, Diane M ^a   Cooney, Sean A ^a   Walsh, Jessica ^a   Baker, Beth ^b   Katz, Barry P ^a   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Zwickl, Beth W ^a   Ellinger, Sheila ^a   Munson, Robert S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIMBRIA LIKE PROTEIN 1; FIMBRIA LIKE PROTEIN 2; FIMBRIA LIKE PROTEIN 3; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLP PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPULE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PUSTULE; SKIN FIBROBLAST; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRULENCE;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHANCROID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERON; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80053175515     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-208     Document Type: Article

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