Gene transfer efficiency in gonococcal biofilms: Role of biofilm age, architecture, and pilin antigenic variation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 2422-2431

  Kouzel, Nadzeya ^a   Oldewurtel, Enno R ^a   Maier, Berenike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PILIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL SPREADING; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 84932135156     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00171-15     Document Type: Article

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