NalP-mediated proteolytic release of lactoferrin-binding protein B from the meningococcal cell surface

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3083-3089

  Roussel Jazédé, Virginie ^a   Jongerius, Ilse ^a,c   Bos, Martine P ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a   Van Ulsen, Peter ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; LACTOFERRIN; LACTOFERRIN BINDING PROTEIN B; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN NALP; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LACTOFERRIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 77953924496     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01193-09     Document Type: Article

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