Fibrinogen-binding and platelet-aggregation activities of a Lactobacillus salivarius septicaemia isolate are mediated by a novel fibrinogen-binding protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 862-877

  Collins, James ^a,e   van Pijkeren, Jan Peter ^a,e,f   Svensson, Lisbeth ^b   Claesson, Marcus J ^a   Sturme, Mark ^a,g   Li, Yin ^a   Cooney, Jakki C ^c   van Sinderen, Douwe ^a   Walker, Alan W ^d   Parkhill, Julian ^d   Shannon, Oonagh ^b   O'Toole, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^g INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOGEN BINDING GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROBIOTICS; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS SALIVARIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84865549590     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08148.x     Document Type: Article

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