CapA, an autotransporter protein of Campylobacter jejuni, mediates association with human epithelial cells and colonization of the chicken gut

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1856-1865

  Ashgar, Sami S A ^a   Oldfield, Neil J ^a   Wooldridge, Karl G ^a   Jones, Michael A ^b,d   Irving, Greg J ^a   Turner, David P J ^a   Ala'Aldeen, Dlawer A A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAMPYLOBACTER ADHESION PROTEIN A; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLOBOMYCIN; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; PROTEIN CAPB; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHICKEN; EPITHELIUM CELL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE FLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTESTINES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33947407705     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01427-06     Document Type: Article

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