PilX, a pilus-associated protein essential for bacterial aggregation, is a key to pilus-facilitated attachment of Neisseria meningitidis to human cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-77

  Hélaine, Sophie ^a   Carbonnelle, Etienne ^a   Prouvensier, Laure ^a   Beretti, Jean Luc ^a   Nassif, Xavier ^a   Pelicic, Vladimir ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 12344257661     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04372.x     Document Type: Article

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