The novel fibrinogen-binding protein FbsB promotes Streptococcus agalactiae invasion into epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3495-3504

  Gutekunst, Heike ^a   Eikmanns, Bernhard J ^a   Reinscheid, Dieter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FBSB PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FBSB GENE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBRINOGEN; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2542558241     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.6.3495-3504.2004     Document Type: Article

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