DksA and (p)ppGpp have unique and overlapping contributions to Haemophilus ducreyi pathogenesis in humans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3281-3292

  Holley, Concerta L ^a   Zhang, Xinjun ^c   Fortney, Kate R ^a   Ellinger, Sheila ^a   Johnson, Paula ^a   Baker, Beth ^d   Liu, Yunlong ^a   Janowicz, Diane M ^a   Katz, Barry P ^a,b   Munson, Robert S ^d,e   Spinola, Stanley M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE;

(P)PPGPP GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DKSA GENE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAPULE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RNA TRANSLATION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; ULCUS MOLLE; VIRULENCE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHANCROID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MALE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84937797081     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00692-15     Document Type: Article

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