The role of the RNA chaperone Hfq in Haemophilus influenzae pathogenesis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hempel, Randy J ^a   Morton, Daniel J ^a   Seale, Thomas W ^a   Whitby, Paul W ^a   Stull, Terrence L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Haemophilus; Hfq; Otitis media; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHINCHILLA; GENE DELETION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHINCHILLA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; OTITIS MEDIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84878893680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-134     Document Type: Article

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