Modification of type IV pilus-associated epithelial cell adherence and multicellular behavior by the PilU protein of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 3891-3903

  Park, Hae Sun Moon ^a   Wolfgang, Matthew ^a   Koomey, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; PROTEIN PILU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036081416     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.7.3891-3903.2002     Document Type: Article

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