C4bp binding to porin mediates stable serum resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 423-432

  Ram, Sanjay ^a   Cullinane, Meabh ^a   Blom, Anna M ^b   Gulati, Sunita ^a   McQuillen, Daniel P ^a   Boden, Ryan ^a   Monks, Brian G ^a   O'Connell, Catherine ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^c   Pangburn, Michael K ^d   Dahlbäck, Björn ^b   Rice, Peter A ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C4b binding protein; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Porin; Serum resistance

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4 BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; MUTANT PROTEIN; PORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GONORRHEA; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT C4; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHENOTYPE; PORINS; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035093952     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(00)00037-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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