The phosphocarrier protein HPr of Neisseria meningitidis interacts with the transcription regulator CrgA and its deletion affects capsule production, cell adhesion, and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 788-807

  Derkaoui, Meriem ^a,b   Antunes, Ana ^b   Poncet, Sandrine ^a   Nait Abdallah, Jamila ^a,b   Joyet, Philippe ^a   Mazé, Alain ^a   Henry, Céline ^a   Taha, Muhamed Kheir ^b   Deutscher, Josef ^a,c   Deghmane, Ala Eddine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN CRGA; PROTEIN HPR; PROTEIN HPRK; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CRGA PROTEIN, NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHOSPHOCARRIER PROTEIN HPR; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRGA GENE; CRGA LACZ GENE; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PILC1 GENE; PILE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PTSH GENE; SIA GENE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84960393709     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13349     Document Type: Article

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