Construction and characterization of a derivative of Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain MS11 devoid of all opa genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6468-6478

  Levan, Adriana ^a   Zimmerman, Lindsey I ^a   Mahle, Amanda C ^a   Swanson, Karen V ^a   Deshong, Philip ^a   Park, Juhee ^a   Edwards, Vonetta L ^a   Song, Wenxia ^a   Stein, Daniel C ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84871095046     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00969-12     Document Type: Article

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