Neisseria meningitidis Opc invasin binds to the cytoskeletal protein α-actinin

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-405

  Sa E Cunha, Claudia ^a   Griffiths, Natalie J ^a   Murillo, Isabel ^a   Virji, Mumtaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; INVASIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL LYSATE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTININ; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 59849114947     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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