Functional characterization of a mucus-specific LPXTG surface adhesin from probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4465-4472

  von Ossowski, Ingemar ^a   Satokari, Reetta ^a,b   Reunanen, Justus ^a   Lebeer, Sarah ^c   De Keersmaecker, Sigrid C J ^c   Vanderleyden, Jos ^c   de Vos, Willem M ^a,d   Palva, Airi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADHESIVE INTERACTION; CELL SURFACES; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HEALTH BENEFITS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; MUCOSAL SURFACE; PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLI; PROBIOTIC STRAIN; PROBIOTICS; PURIFIED PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL COMPARISON; SURFACE PROTEINS;

ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; PROTEINS;

BODY FLUIDS;

ADHESIN; ADHESIN, LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL BINDING; COLONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUCUS; PROBIOTICS; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCUS; PROBIOTICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 79960079000     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02497-10     Document Type: Article

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