Heterologous expression of the Treponema pallidum laminin-binding adhesin Tp0751 in the culturable spirochete Treponema phagedenis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2565-2571

  Cameron, Caroline E ^a,b   Kuroiwa, Janelle M Y ^b   Yamada, Mitsunori ^c   Francescutti, Teresa ^a   Chi, Bo ^c   Kuramitsu, Howard K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LAMININ; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TP0751; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SPIROCHETE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PHAGEDENIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LAMININ; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM SUBSP. PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PHAGEDENIS;

EID: 41549102090     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01537-07     Document Type: Article

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