Folliculin Controls the Intracellular Survival and Trans-Epithelial Passage of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative obligate human pathogenic bacterium, infects human epithelial cells and causes sexually transmitted diseases. Emerging multi-antibiotic resistant gonococci and increasing numbers of infections complicate the treatment of infected patients. Here, we used an shRN...

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Main Authors: Tao Yang, Motaharehsadat Heydarian, Vera Kozjak-Pavlovic, Manuela Urban, Richard P. Harbottle, Thomas Rudel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00422/full