Molecular analysis of neisserial Opa protein interactions with the CEA family of receptors: Identification of determinants contributing to the differential specificities of binding

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-181

  Popp, Andreas ^a   Dehio, Christoph ^a   Grunert, Fritz ^b   Meyer, Thomas F ^a,c   Gray Owen, Scott D ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Max Planck Institut för Infektionsbiologie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OPACITY PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CELL LINE; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0033188169     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.1999.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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