Selection and Counterselection of Hia Expression Reveals a Key Role for Phase-Variable Expression of Hia in Infection Caused by Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 645-653

  Atack, John M ^a   Winter, Linda E ^b,c   Jurcisek, Joseph A ^d   Bakaletz, Lauren O ^d   Barenkamp, Stephen J ^b,c   Jennings, Michael P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^c SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; colonization; Haemophilus; phase variation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HIA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HIA ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPSONOPHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CELL LINE; CHINCHILLA; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84939642616     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiv103     Document Type: Article

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