Surface antigen, SpaA, of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae binds to Gram-positive bacterial cell surfaces

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-317

  Makino, Sou ichi ^a   Yamamoto, Kensyu ^a   Asakura, Hiroshi ^a   Shirahata, Toshikazu ^a  

^a O   (Japan)

Author keywords

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; SpaA; Surface binding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHOLINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TEICHOIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034607790     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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