A Novel Group of Moraxella catarrhalis UspA Proteins Mediates Cellular Adhesion via CEACAMs and Vitronectin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Hill, Darryl J ^a   Whittles, Cheryl ^a   Virji, Mumtaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTEGRIN; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A1; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE EVASION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A GENE; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A1 GENE; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A2 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, CD; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VITRONECTIN;

MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 84866656995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045452     Document Type: Article

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