Impact of O-glycosylation on the molecular and cellular adhesion properties of the Escherichia coli autotransporter protein Ag43

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 389-401

  Reidl, Sebastian ^a   Lehmann, Annika ^a   Schiller, Roswitha ^a   Salam Khan, A ^a   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Antigen 43; E. coli; Extracellular matrix; Glycosylation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIGEN 43; COLLAGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 68749095875     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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