Functional comparison of the binding of factor H short consensus repeat 6 (SCR 6) to factor H binding protein from Neisseria meningitidis and the binding of factor H SCR 18 to 20 to Neisseria gonorrhoeae porin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2094-2103

  Shaughnessy, Jutamas ^a   Lewis, Lisa A ^a   Jarva, Hanna ^b   Ram, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FH LIKE PROTEIN 1; HISTIDINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PORIN; PROTEIN SCR 18; PROTEIN SCR 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR H BINDING PROTEIN, NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; FACTOR H-BINDING PROTEIN, NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORIN PROTEINS, NEISSERIA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIALYLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING;

EID: 65449172045     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01561-08     Document Type: Article

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