Analysis of a unique interaction between the complement regulatory protein factor H and the periodontal pathogen treponema denticola

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1417-1425

  McDowell, John V ^a   Huang, Bernice ^a   Fenno, J Christopher ^b   Marconi, Richard T ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H LIKE PROTEIN 1; COMPLEMENT FACTOR I; DENTILISIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN FHBB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL SURFACE; COILED BODY; COMPLEMENT FACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TREPONEMATOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 63149173182     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01544-08     Document Type: Article

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