Binding of complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein contributes to serum resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 5537-5544

  Potempa, Michal ^a,b   Potempa, Jan ^b,c   Okroj, Marcin ^a   Popadiak, Katarzyna ^a,b   Eick, Sigrun ^d   Nguyen, Ky Anh ^e   Riesbeck, Kristian ^a   Blom, Anna M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e Westmead Centre for Oral Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ARGININE GINGIPAIN A; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C9; COMPLEMENT CONTROL PROTEIN 1; COMPLEMENT CONTROL PROTEIN 6; COMPLEMENT CONTROL PROTEIN 7; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ADHESIN; ARGINGIPAIN, PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGED; ALPHA CHAIN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C4B-BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT C9; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MUTATION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 54049101495     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.8.5537     Document Type: Article

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