Identification of a novel protein promoting the colonization and survival of Finegoldia magna, a bacterial commensal and opportunistic pathogen

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 695-708

  Frick, Inga Maria ^a,b   Karlsson, Christofer ^a   Mörgelin, Matthias ^a   Olin, Anders I ^a,b   Janjusevic, Radmila ^a,c   Hammarström, Clara ^a,c   Holst, Elisabet ^c   De Château, Maarten ^a,b   Björck, Lars ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EPIDERMIS; FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SKIN; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 53849108792     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06439.x     Document Type: Article

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