Expression of pathogen-like Opa adhesins in commensal Neisseria: Genetic and functional analysis

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-44

  Toleman, Mark ^a   Aho, Ellen ^a   Virji, Mumtaz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Université du Québec à Montréal   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIAE MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0035139679     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2001.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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