Complementation of the fadA mutation in Fusobacterium nucleatum demonstrates that the surface-exposed adhesin promotes cellular invasion and placental colonization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3075-3079

  Ikegami, Akihiko ^a   Chung, Peter ^a   Han, Yiping W ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FADA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL INVASION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 67650079271     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00209-09     Document Type: Article

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