Pilus‐facilitated adherence of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial and endothelial cells: modulation of adherence phenotype occurs concurrently with changes in primary amino acid sequence and the glycosylation status of pilin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1013-1028

  Virji, Mumtaz ^a   Saunders, Jon R ^b   Sims, Gail ^b   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Maskell, Duncan ^c   Ferguson, David J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0027763193     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00972.x     Document Type: Article

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