An amino-terminal domain of Enterococcus faecalis aggregation substance is required for aggregation, bacterial internalization by epithelial cells and binding to lipoteichoic acid

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1159-1171

  Waters, Christopher M ^a,b   Hirt, Helmut ^a,c   McCormick, John K ^a,d   Schlievert, Patrick M ^a   Wells, Carol L ^a   Dunny, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOTEICHOIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCYTES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142683278     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04045.x     Document Type: Article

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