Proteoglycan receptor binding by Neisseria gonorrhoeae MS11 is determined by the HV-1 region of OpaA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-242

  Grant, Christopher C R ^a   Bos, Martine P ^a   Belland, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; HEPARAN; PROTEOGLYCAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOASSAY; CELL ADHESION; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0032896069     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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