Haemophilus ducreyi Hfq contributes to virulence gene regulation as cells enter stationary phase

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gangaiah, Dharanesh ^a   Labandeira Rey, Maria ^b   Zhang, Xinjun ^a   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Ellinger, Sheila ^a   Zwickl, Beth ^a   Baker, Beth ^c   Liu, Yunlong ^a   Janowicz, Diane M ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a   Brautigam, Chad A ^d   Munson Jr , Robert S ^c,e   Hansen, Eric J ^b   Spinola, Stanley M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DSRA; PROTEIN FLP1; PROTEIN HFQ; PROTEIN LSPA2; PROTEIN LSPB; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FLP GENE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HFQ GENE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LSPA2 GENE; LSPB GENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CHANCROID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84903363939     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01081-13     Document Type: Article

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