Lack of lipid A pyrophosphorylation and functional lptA reduces inflammation by Neisseria commensals

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4014-4026

  John, Constance M ^a   Liu, Mingfeng ^a,b   Phillips, Nancy J ^b   Yang, Zhijie ^a   Funk, Courtney R ^a   Zimmerman, Lindsey I ^c   Griffiss, McLeod ^a,b   Stein, Daniel C ^c   Jarvis, Gary A ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID A; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; LPTA GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPID A; NEISSERIA; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84867618260     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00506-12     Document Type: Article

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