Lsa30, a novel adhesin of Leptospira interrogans binds human plasminogen and the complement regulator C4bp

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 125-134

  Souza, Natalie M ^a,b   Vieira, Monica L ^a,b   Alves, Ivy J ^a   de Morais, Zenaide M ^b   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesion; C4bp; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Plasminogen

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN LSA30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIC11087 GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84865199168     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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