Neisseria gonorrhoeae metalloprotease NGO1686 is required for full piliation, and piliation is required for resistance to H2O2- and neutrophil-mediated killing

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Stohl, Elizabeth A ^a   Dale, Erin M ^b   Criss, Alison K ^b   Seifert, H Steven ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NGO1686 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84883353940     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00399-13     Document Type: Article

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