T-cell stimulating protein A (TspA) of Neisseria meningitidis is required for optimal adhesion to human cells

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 463-478

  Oldfield, Neil J ^a   Bland, Sarah J ^a   Taraktsoglou, Maria ^a   Dos Ramos, Francisco J ^a   Robinson, Karen ^a   Wooldridge, Karl G ^a   Ala'Aldeen, Dlawer A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PILIN; PROTEIN PILC1; T LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATING PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BRAIN CELL; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TWITCHING MOTILITY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA POLYSACCHAREA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33846230513     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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