Deciphering the genetic basis of Moraxella catarrhalis complement resistance: A critical role for the disulphide bond formation system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 522-537

  de Vries, Stefan P W ^a   Rademakers, Rob J A ^a   van der Gaast de Jongh, Christa E ^a   Eleveld, Marc J ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^a,b   Bootsma, Hester J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CRUCELL HOLLAND BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DISULFIDE BOND FORMATION PROTEIN B; DSBA PROTEIN; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; MCAP PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USPA1 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; DISULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT RESISTANCE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; DSBB GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; OLPA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM; TRANSPOSON; USPA2H GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; DISULFIDES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84904460041     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12475     Document Type: Article

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