Type IV pili of pathogenic Neisseriae elicit cortical plaque formation in epithelial cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1316-1332

  Merz, Alexey J ^a   Enns, Caroline A ^a   So, Magdalene ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; EZRIN; F ACTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PILI, SEX; RABBITS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033059203     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01459.x     Document Type: Article

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