Pneumococcal pili are composed of protofilaments exposing adhesive clusters of Rrg A

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Hilleringmann, Markus ^a   Giusti, Fabiola ^b   Baudner, Barbara C ^a   Masignani, Vega ^a   Covacci, Antonello ^a   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Barocchi, Michèle A ^a   Ferlenghi, Ilaria ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GOLD; RRGA PROTEIN; RRGB PROTEIN; RRGC PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; RLRA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREEZE DRYING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 42949170063     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000026     Document Type: Article

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