Curli fibers mediate internalization of Escherichia coli by eukaryotic cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2659-2665

  Gophna, U ^a   Barlev, M ^a   Seijffers, R ^a   Oelschlager, T A ^a   Hacker, J ^a   Ron, E Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CSG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; EUKARYOTE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBER; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; HOST; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; COSMIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035086283     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2659-2665.2001     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: A new generation of protein database search programs
2. Sigma S-dependent growth-phase induction of the csgBA promoter in Escherichia coli can be achieved in vivo by sigma 70 in the absence of the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS
3. New fimbrial gene cluster of S-fimbrial adhesin family
4. Assembly of human contact phase proteins and release of bradykinin at the surface of curli-expressing Escherichia coli
5. Expression of and cytokine activation by Escherichia coli curli fibers in human sepsis
6. Transposition and fusion of the lac genes to selected promoters in Escherichia coli using bacteriophage lambda and mu
7. Analysis of gene control signals by DNA fusion and cloning in Escherichia coli
8. Green fluorescent protein as a marker for gene expression
9. Salmonella enteritidis agfBAC operon encoding thin aggregative fimbriae
10. Fimbriae- and flagella-mediated association with and invasion of cultured epithelial cells by Salmonella enteritidis
11. Stable cosmid vectors that enable the introduction of cloned fragments into a wide range of gram-negative bacteria
12. Dr fimbriae operon of uropathogenic Escherichia coli mediate microtubule-dependent invasion to the HeLa epithelial cell line
13. Expression of two csg operons is required for production of fibronectin- and Congo red-binding curli polymers in Escherichia coli K-12
14. Nucleator-dependent intercellular assembly of adhesive curli organelles in Escherichia coli
15. A single genetic locus encoded by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis permits invasion of cultured animal cells by Escherichia coli K-12
16. Adhesion to and invasion of HeLa cells by pathogenic Escherichia coli carrying the afa-3 gene cluster are mediated by the AfaE and AfaD proteins, respectively
17. Noncurliation of Escherichia coli O78:K80 isolates associated with IS1 insertion in csgB and reduced persistence in poultry infection
18. The role of fimbriae and flagella in the adherence of avian strains of Escherichia coli O78:K80 to tissue culture cells and tracheal and gut explants
19. Low copy number plasmids for regulated low-level expression of cloned genes in Escherichia coli with blue/white insert screening capability
20. Availability of the fibre subunit CsgA and the nucleator protein CsgB during assembly of fibronectin-binding curli is limited by the intracellular concentration of the novel lipoprotein CsgG
21. Ability of Escherichia coli isolates that cause meningitis in newborns to invade epithelial and endothelial cells
22. Evidence for two genetic loci in Yersinia enterocolitica that can promote invasion of epithelial cells
23. Environmental regulation of curli production in Escherichia coli
24. The RpoS sigma factor relieves H-NS-mediated transcriptional repression of csgA, the subunit gene of fibronectin-binding curli in Escherichia coli
25. Fibronectin binding mediated by a novel class of surface organelles on Escherichia coli
26. Curli, fibrous surface proteins of Escherichia coli, interact with major histocompatibility complex class I molecules
27. Role of crl in avian pathogenic Escherichia coli: A knockout mutation of crl does not affect hemagglutination activity, fibronectin binding, or curli production
28. Curli fibers are highly conserved between Salmonella ryphimurium and Escherichia coli with respect to operon structure and regulation
29. Cloning, sequencing, and transcriptional analysis of the gene coding for the vegetative sigma factor of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
30. Plasminogen, absorbed by Escherichia coli expressing curli or by Salmonella enteritidis expressing thin aggregative fimbriae, can be activated by simultaneously captured tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA)
31. Comparison of the ability of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and Yersinia enterocolitica to enter and replicate within HEp-2 cells
32. Confocal microscopy in the study of the interactions between microorganisms and cells
33. Isolation of an Escherichia coli K-12 mutant strain able to form biofilms on inert surfaces: Involvement of a new ompR allele that increases curli expression
34. Role of fimbriae in Porphyromonas gingivalis invasion of gingival epithelial cells
35. Adherence pili of avian strains of Escherichia coli O78