Neisseria meningitidis differentially controls host cell motility through PilC1 and PilC2 components of type IV pili

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Morand, Philippe C ^a,b,c   Drab, Marek ^a,c   Rajalingam, Krishnaraj ^a,d   Nassif, Xavier ^b,c   Meyer, Thomas F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; F ACTIN; PROTEIN PILC1; PROTEIN PILC2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; PILC PROTEIN, NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL LINE; CELL MOTION; FIMBRIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA PRIMERS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 69949140716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006834     Document Type: Article

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