Molecular characterization of the interaction between porins of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and C4b-binding protein

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 540-547

  Jarva, Hanna ^a,d   Ngampasutadol, Jutamas ^b   Ram, Sanjay ^b   Rice, Peter A ^b   Villoutreix, Bruno O ^c   Blom, Anna M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Paris Est   (France)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PORIN; PROTEIN POR1A; PROTEIN POR1B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 34250823430     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.1.540     Document Type: Article

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