Membrane cofactor protein (MCP or CD46) is a cellular pilus receptor for pathogenic Neisseria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 639-647

  Källström, Helena ^a   Liszewski, M Kathryn ^b   Atkinson, John P ^b   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030779080     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4841857.x     Document Type: Article

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