Roles of PilC and PilE proteins in pilus-mediated adherence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis to human erythrocytes and endothelial and epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 834-843

  Scheuerpflug, Ina ^a,b,c   Rudel, Thomas ^b   Ryll, Roland ^a   Pandit, Jasmine ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILC; PROTEIN PILE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0032915819     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.834-843.1999     Document Type: Article

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