A novel interaction between type IV pili of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and the human complement regulator C4b-binding protein

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 6764-6770

  Blom, Anna M ^a   Rytkönen, Anne ^b   Vasquez, Paola ^b   Lindahl, Gunnar ^a   Dahlbäck, Björn ^a   Jonsson, Ann Beth ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; DISULFIDE; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONJUNCTIVA; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

EID: 17544397196     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.11.6764     Document Type: Article

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