A novel epigenetic regulator associated with the hypervirulent Neisseria meningitidis clonal complex 41/44

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3622-3633

  Seib, Kate L ^a   Pigozzi, Eva ^a   Muzzi, Alessandro ^a   Gawthorne, Jayde A ^b   Delany, Isabel ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Meningococcal infection; Phase variation; Phasevarion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLONAL COMPLEX 41 44 PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; MODD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METHYLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 80053912714     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-183590     Document Type: Article

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