Transcriptome Analysis of Neisseria meningitidis in Human Whole Blood and Mutagenesis Studies Identify Virulence Factors Involved in Blood Survival

PSORTb 3.0: improved protein subcellular localization prediction with refined localization subcategories and predictive capabilities for all prokaryotes

(2010) Nancy Y. Yu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Regulatory RNA in Bacterial Pathogens

(2010) Kai Papenfort et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Comparative Genome Biology of a Serogroup B Carriage and Disease Strain Supports a Polygenic Nature of Meningococcal Virulence

(2010) B. Joseph et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Influence of serogroup B meningococcal vaccine antigens on growth and survival of the meningococcus in vitro and in ex vivo and in vivo models of infection

(2010) Kate L. Seib et al.   VACCINE

The Meningococcal Vaccine Candidate Neisserial Surface Protein A (NspA) Binds to Factor H and Enhances Meningococcal Resistance to Complement

(2010) Lisa A. Lewis et al.   PLoS Pathogens

An improved empirical bayes approach to estimating differential gene expression in microarray time-course data: BETR (Bayesian Estimation of Temporal Regulation)

(2009) Martin J Aryee et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Severity of Meningococcal Disease Associated with Genomic Bacterial Load

(2009) Tom Darton et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The RNA Chaperone Hfq Is Involved in Stress Response and Virulence in Neisseria meningitidis and Is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Protein Expression

(2009) L. Fantappie et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

This Is Not Your Mother's Repressor: the Complex Role of Fur in Pathogenesis

(2009) B. M. Carpenter et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Meningococcal ABC-Type L-Glutamate Transporter GltT Is Necessary for the Development of Experimental Meningitis in Mice

(2009) R. Colicchio et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Expression of Factor H Binding Protein of Meningococcus Responds to Oxygen Limitation through a Dedicated FNR-Regulated Promoter

(2009) F. Oriente et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Mechanisms of avoidance of host immunity by Neisseria meningitidis and its effect on vaccine development

(2009) Helena Lo et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A two-component system is required for colonization of host cells by meningococcus

(2009) A. Jamet et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Listeria transcriptional landscape from saprophytism to virulence

(2009) Alejandro Toledo-Arana et al.   NATURE

Pathogenic neisseriae: surface modulation, pathogenesis and infection control

(2009) Mumtaz Virji   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The NlpD Lipoprotein Is a Novel Yersinia pestis Virulence Factor Essential for the Development of Plague

(2009) Avital Tidhar et al.   PLoS One

Meningococcal protein antigens and vaccines

(2009) Ian M. Feavers et al.   VACCINE

Genome flexibility in Neisseria meningitidis

(2009) Christoph Schoen et al.   VACCINE

A Novel Phase Variation Mechanism in the Meningococcus Driven by a Ligand-Responsive Repressor and Differential Spacing of Distal Promoter Elements

(2009) Matteo M. E. Metruccio et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Macrophage Scavenger Receptor A Is Host-Protective in Experimental Meningococcal Septicaemia

(2009) Annette Plüddemann et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Computational cluster validation for microarray data analysis: experimental assessment of Clest, Consensus Clustering, Figure of Merit, Gap Statistics and Model Explorer

(2008) Raffaele Giancarlo et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Stages of Meningococcal Sepsis Simulated In Vitro, with Emphasis on Complement and Toll-Like Receptor Activation

(2008) B. C. Hellerud et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Factor H-Binding Protein Is Important for Meningococcal Survival in Human Whole Blood and Serum and in the Presence of the Antimicrobial Peptide LL-37

(2008) K. L. Seib et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Identification of 2 Hypothetical Genes Involved inNeisseria meningitidisCathelicidin Resistance

(2008) Elisabetta Frigimelica et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Extensive Adaptive Changes Occur in the Transcriptome of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus) in Response to Incubation with Human Blood

(2008) Laurent Mereghetti et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of ST-4821 complex, a unique Neisseria meningitidis clone

(2007) Junping Peng et al.   GENOMICS