Anchorless adhesins and invasins of Gram-positive bacteria: A new class of virulence factors

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 205-208

  Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; FIBRONECTIN; INVASIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036568587     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02351-X     Document Type: Review

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