Physiologic cold shock of <it>Moraxella catarrhalis </it>affects the expression of genes involved in the iron acquisition, serum resistance and immune evasion
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Moraxella catarrhalis</it>, a major nasopharyngeal pathogen of the human respiratory tract, is exposed to rapid downshifts of environmental temperature when humans breathe cold air. It was previously shown that the pr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-08-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/182 |