The meningococcal PilT protein is required for induction of intimate attachment to epithelial cells following pilus-mediated adhesion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4017-4022

  Pujol, Céline ^a   Eugène, Emmanuel ^a   Marceau, Michaël ^a,b   Nassif, Xavier ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; HUMAN; MICROVILLUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0033616775     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.7.4017     Document Type: Article

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