Characterization of novel OmpA-like protein of leptospira interrogans that binds extracellular matrix molecules and plasminogen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Oliveira, Rosane ^a,b   de Morais, Zenaide Maria ^b   Gonçales, Amane Paldes ^b   Romero, Eliete Caló ^c   Vasconcellos, Silvio Arruda ^b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; LEPTOSPIRAL SURFACE ADHESIN 66; LIC 10258 PROTEIN; LIC 12238 PROTEIN; LIC 12880 PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PLASMINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DOSE RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 79960007606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021962     Document Type: Article

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