Involvement of three meningococcal surface-exposed proteins, the heparin-binding protein NhbA, the α-peptide of IgA protease and the autotransporter protease NalP, in initiation of biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-268

  Arenas, Jesús ^a   Nijland, Reindert ^b   Rodriguez, Francisco J ^a   Bosma, Tom N P ^a   Tommassen, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; HEPARIN BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A PROTEASE; NALP PROTEIN; NHBA PROTEIN; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOFILMS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84872413906     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12097     Document Type: Article

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