Lipooligosaccharide structure is an important determinant in the resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae to antimicrobial agents of innate host defense

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue FEB, 2011, Pages

  Balthazar, Jacqueline T ^a,b   Gusa, Asiya ^b   Martin, Larry E ^a,b   Choudhury, Biswa ^c,d   Carlson, Russell ^c   Shafer, William M ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Complement; Lipooligosaccharide; Mutagenesis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Peptide; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867625400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00030     Document Type: Article

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