Expression of a Clostridium perfringens type IV pilin by Neisseria gonorrhoeae mediates adherence to muscle cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3096-3105

  Rodgers, Katherine ^a   Arvidson, Cindy Grove ^b   Melville, Stephen ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MUSCLE CELLS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79961132132     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00909-10     Document Type: Article

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