The Haemophilus influenzae Hap autotransporter mediates microcolony formation and adherence to epithelial cells and extracellular matrix via binding regions in the C-terminal end of the passenger domain

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-186

  Fink, Doran L ^a,b   Buscher, Amy Z ^a,b   Green, Bruce ^c   Fernsten, Phillip ^c   St Geme III, Joseph W ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN HAP; PROTEINASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; COLONY FORMATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0037347052     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2003.00266.x     Document Type: Review

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