Neisseria meningitidis producing the Opc adhesin binds epithelial cell proteoglycan receptors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1203-1212

  De Vries, Frits P ^a   Cole, Robert ^b   Dankert, Jacob ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^c   Van Putten, Jos P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL TYPE; EPITHELIUM CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; EPITHELIUM; HEPARIN; HEPARITIN SULFATE; KINETICS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0031884247     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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