The mammalian cell entry (Mce) protein of pathogenic Leptospira species is responsible for RGD motif-dependent infection of cells and animals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1006-1023

  Zhang, Lei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Chenglin ^b   Ojcius, David M ^d   Sun, Dexter ^e   Zhao, Jinfang ^b   Lin, Xuai ^a,b   Li, Liwei ^a,b   Li, Lanjuan ^a   Yan, Jie ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVBETA1 INTEGRIN; ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; MAMMALIAN CELL ENTRY PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HAMSTER; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MCE GENE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINE LEVEL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; INTEGRINS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RABBITS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862795039     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.07985.x     Document Type: Article

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