Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contain new phase-variable modA methyltransferase alleles controlling phasevarions
Atack JM, Murphy TF, Pettigrew MM, Seib KL, Jennings MP. Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae isolates from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease contain new phase-variable modA methyltransferase alleles controlling phasevarions. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 15963. PMID: 31685916, PMCID: PMC6828955, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52429-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-typeable Haemophilus influenzaeChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseMiddle ear infectionPulmonary diseaseEar infectionsNTHi strainsHaemophilus influenzaeExacerbation of COPDCOPDMiddle earPatientsAllele distributionInfectionInfluenzaeBacterial pathogensDiseaseMultiple allelic variantsAllelic variantsGene expressionAllelesEpigenetic mechanismsLarge panelExacerbationExpression