Bacterial and host-derived cationic proteins bind α2-laminins and enhance Mycobacterium leprae attachment to human Schwann cells

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1407-1417

  De Melo Marques, Maria Angela ^a   Mahapatra, Sebabrata ^b   Nandan, Devki ^c   Dick, Thomas ^d   Sarno, Euzenir Nunes ^a   Brennan, Patrick Joseph ^b   Vidal Pessolani, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adherence; Histone like protein; Laminin binding protein; Mycobacterium leprae; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HISTONE; LAMININ; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SCHWANN CELL;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033768563     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)01294-6     Document Type: Article

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