The Hek outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli strain RS218 binds to proteoglycan and utilizes a single extracellular loop for adherence, invasion, and autoaggregation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1135-1142

  Fagan, Robert P ^b,c   Lambert, Matthew A ^a,b   Smith, Stephen G J ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HEK; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADHESIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; HEK PROTEIN, E COLI; HEPARAN SULFATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPSIS; TRANSCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; CRICETINAE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPARIN; HEPARITIN SULFATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 40749109383     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01327-07     Document Type: Article

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