FbsA-driven fibrinogen polymerization: A bacterial "deceiving strategy"

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Pierno, Matteo ^a,b   Maravigna, Laura ^a,b   Piazza, Roberto ^a,b   Visai, Livia ^b   Speziale, Pietro ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; PLASMAS; PROTEINS;

CELL WALL PROTEIN; COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERLIKE NETWORK; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

POLYMERIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOPOLYMER; CARRIER PROTEIN; COLLOID; FBSA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; FIBRINOGEN;

CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLLOIDS; FIBRINOGEN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 32644483891     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028108     Document Type: Article

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