Plasminogen binding proteins and plasmin generation on the surface of Leptospira spp.: The contribution to the bacteria-host interactions

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vieira, Monica L ^a,b   Atzingen, Marina V ^a   Oliveira, Rosane ^a,b   Mendes, Renata S ^a   Domingos, Renan F ^a,b   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN BINDING PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOCAPROIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; FIBRONECTIN; IMMOBILIZED PROTEIN; LAMININ; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPSONIZATION; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEOMICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA;

AMINOCAPROIC ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL EXTRACTS; COMPLEMENT C3B; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBRINOLYSIN; FIBRONECTINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZED PROTEINS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAMININ; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEOLYSIS; PROTEOMICS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84869060662     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/758513     Document Type: Review

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