Identification and characterization of the mammalian association and actin-nucleating domains in the Rickettsia conorii autotransporter protein, Sca2

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1485-1495

  Cardwell, Marissa M ^a,b   Martinez, Juan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Howard T Ricketts Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCA2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINS; ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 84865325404     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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