Structural basis for the differential binding affinities of the HsfBD1 and HsfBD2 domains in the Haemophilus influenzae Hsf adhesin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5068-5075

  Radin, Jana N ^a   Grass, Susan A ^a   Meng, Guoyu ^b   Cotter, Shane E ^c   Waksman, Gabriel ^b   St Geme III, Joseph W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PROTEIN HSFBD1; PROTEIN HSFBD2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 67749103602     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00395-09     Document Type: Article

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