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Molecular Pathogenesis

• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Genetic Structure and Distribution of the Colibactin Genomic Island among Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae

  Johannes Putze, Claire Hennequin, Jean-Philippe Nougayrède, Wenlan Zhang, Stefan Homburg, Helge Karch, Marie-Agnés Bringer, Corinne Fayolle, Elisabeth Carniel, Wolfgang Rabsch, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger, Eric Oswald, Christiane Forestier, Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Dobrindt
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Structural Determinants of Autoproteolysis of the Haemophilus influenzae Hap Autotransporter

  Roma Kenjale, Guoyu Meng, Doran L. Fink, Twyla Juehne, Tomoo Ohashi, Harold P. Erickson, Gabriel Waksman, Joseph W. St. Geme
• Molecular Pathogenesis | Spotlight

  The Major Neutralizing Antibody Responses to Recombinant Anthrax Lethal and Edema Factors Are Directed to Non-Cross-Reactive Epitopes

  Melissa L. Nguyen, Simon Terzyan, Jimmy D. Ballard, Judith A. James, A. Darise Farris
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Specific Osmolyte Transporters Mediate Bile Tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes

  Debbie Watson, Roy D. Sleator, Pat G. Casey, Colin Hill, Cormac G. M. Gahan
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  The Mycoplasma pneumoniae MPN490 and Mycoplasma genitalium MG339 Genes Encode RecA Homologs That Promote Homologous DNA Strand Exchange

  Marcel Sluijter, Emiel B. M. Spuesens, Nico G. Hartwig, Annemarie M. C. van Rossum, Cornelis Vink
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Atypical Roles for Campylobacter jejuni Amino Acid ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Components PaqP and PaqQ in Bacterial Stress Tolerance and Pathogen-Host Cell Dynamics

  Ann E. Lin, Kirsten Krastel, Rhonda I. Hobb, Stuart A. Thompson, Dennis G. Cvitkovitch, Erin C. Gaynor
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Branched-Chain Amino Acids Are Required for the Survival and Virulence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in Swine

  Sargurunathan Subashchandrabose, Rhiannon M. LeVeque, Trevor K. Wagner, Roy N. Kirkwood, Matti Kiupel, Martha H. Mulks
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  A Periplasmic Thioredoxin-Like Protein Plays a Role in Defense against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

  Maud E. S. Achard, Amanda J. Hamilton, Tarek Dankowski, Begoña Heras, Mark S. Schembri, Jennifer L. Edwards, Michael P. Jennings, Alastair G. McEwan
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Borrelia burgdorferi BmpA Is a Laminin-Binding Protein

  Ashutosh Verma, Catherine A. Brissette, Amy Bowman, Brian Stevenson
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Identification of a Conserved Chromosomal Region Encoding Klebsiella pneumoniae Type 1 and Type 3 Fimbriae and Assessment of the Role of Fimbriae in Pathogenicity

  Carsten Struve, Martin Bojer, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  SgrA, a Nidogen-Binding LPXTG Surface Adhesin Implicated in Biofilm Formation, and EcbA, a Collagen Binding MSCRAMM, Are Two Novel Adhesins of Hospital-Acquired Enterococcus faecium

  Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Miranda van Luit-Asbroek, Claudia M. E. Schapendonk, Willem J. B. van Wamel, Johanna C. Braat, Lucas M. Wijnands, Marc J. M. Bonten, Rob J. L. Willems
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Identification of the Binding Domain of Streptococcus oralis Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase for Porphyromonas gingivalis Major Fimbriae

  Hideki Nagata, Mio Iwasaki, Kazuhiko Maeda, Masae Kuboniwa, Ei Hashino, Masahiro Toe, Naoto Minamino, Hiromiki Kuwahara, Satoshi Shizukuishi
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Binding and Internalization of Clostridium botulinum C2 Toxin

  Masahiro Nagahama, Tohko Hagiyama, Takashi Kojima, Kouhei Aoyanagi, Chihiro Takahashi, Masataka Oda, Yoshihiko Sakaguchi, Keiji Oguma, Jun Sakurai
• Molecular Pathogenesis

  Overexpression of CsrA (BB0184) Alters the Morphology and Antigen Profiles of Borrelia burgdorferi

  Eva Sanjuan, Maria D. Esteve-Gassent, Mahulena Maruskova, J. Seshu