Cell wall-anchored csha polypeptide (259 kilodaltons) in streptococcus gordonii forms surface fibrils that confer hydrophobic and adhesive properties

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3087-3095

  McNab, Roderick ^a   Forbes, Helen ^b   Handley, Pauline S ^b   Loach, Diane M ^d   Tannock, Gerald W ^d   Jenkinson, Howard F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CELL ADHESION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032964875     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3087-3095.1999     Document Type: Article

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