A thermonuclease of neisseria gonorrhoeae enhances bacterial escape from killing by neutrophil extracellular traps

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 316-324

  Juneau, Richard A ^a   Stevens, Jacqueline S ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^b   Criss, Alison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neisseria gonorrhoeae; neutrophil; neutrophil extracellular traps; Nuc; polymorphonuclear leukocyte; thermonuclease

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; GENETIC CODE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84936884538     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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