The Rickettsia conorii autotransporter protein sca1 promotes adherence to nonphagocytic mammalian cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1895-1904

  Riley, Sean P ^a   Goh, Kenneth C ^a   Hermanas, Timothy M ^a   Cardwell, Marissa M ^a   Chan, Yvonne G Y ^a   Martinez, Juan J ^a  

^a Cummings Life Sciences Center   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENOME; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VERO CELLS;

EID: 77951246077     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01165-09     Document Type: Article

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