A biphasic epigenetic switch controls immunoevasion, virulence and niche adaptation in non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Atack, John M ^a   Srikhanta, Yogitha N ^a,g   Fox, Kate L ^b   Jurcisek, Joseph A ^c   Brockman, Kenneth L ^c   Clark, Tyson A ^d   Boitano, Matthew ^d   Power, Peter M ^a   Jen, Freda E C ^a   McEwan, Alastair G ^b   Grimmond, Sean M ^b,h   Smith, Arnold L ^e   Barenkamp, Stephen J ^f   Korlach, Jonas ^d   Bakaletz, Lauren O ^c   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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

^d PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^e SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; BACTERIAL DNA; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHINCHILLA MODEL; EPIGENETICS; IMMUNE EVASION; MODA10 GENE; MODA2 GENE; MODA5 GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; OTITIS MEDIA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN MOTIF; ANIMAL; CHINCHILLA; DISEASE MODEL; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CHINCHILLA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EAR, MIDDLE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IMMUNE EVASION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OTITIS MEDIA; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRULENCE;

EID: 84938068933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8828     Document Type: Article

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