Consequences of the loss of O-linked glycosylation of meningococcal type IV pilin on piliation and pilus-mediated adhesion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 705-715

  Marceau, Michael ^a,b   Forest, Katrina ^c   Béretti, Jean Luc ^a   Tainer, John ^c   Nassif, Xavier ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; MONOMER; PERIODIC ACID; PILIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE; TRISACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MUTANT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0031914987     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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