Neisseria meningitidis NadA is a new invasin which promotes bacterial adhesion to and penetration into human epithelial cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 687-698

  Capecchi, Barbara ^a   Adu Bobie, Jeannette ^a   Di Marcello, Federica ^a   Ciucchi, Laura ^a   Masignani, Vega ^a   Taddei, Annarita ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Pizza, Mariagrazia ^a   Aricò, Beatrice ^a  

^a CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; INVASIN; PRONASE; PROTEIN NADA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INVASION; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEPSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

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

EID: 13444278985     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04423.x     Document Type: Article

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