The meningococcal minor pilin PilX is responsible for type IV pilus conformational changes associated with signaling to endothelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3297-3306

  Brissac, Terry ^a,b   Mikaty, Guillain ^a,b   Duménil, Guillaume ^d   Coureuil, Mathieu ^a,b   Nassif, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PILIN; PILX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITOPES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84867617550     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00369-12     Document Type: Article

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