Members of the Pmp protein family of Chlamydia pneumoniae mediate adhesion to human cells via short repetitive peptide motifs

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1004-1017

  Mölleken, Katja ^a   Schmidt, Eleni ^a   Hegemann, Johannes H ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN 20; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN 21; POLYMORPHIC MEMBRANE PROTEIN 6; TETRAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST CELL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION;

CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78349257461     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07386.x     Document Type: Article

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