BtaE, an adhesin that belongs to the trimeric autotransporter family, is required for full virulence and defines a specific adhesive pole of Brucella suis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 996-1007

  Ruiz Ranwez, Verónica ^a   Posadas, Diana M ^a,b,f   Van der Henst, Charles ^d   Estein, Silvia M ^c   Arocena, Gastón M ^a   Abdian, Patricia L ^a   Martín, Fernando A ^a,b,e   Sieira, Rodrigo ^a   De Bolle, Xavier ^d   Zorreguieta, Angeles ^a,b  

^a FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BTAE PROTEIN; FIBRONECTIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BRUCELLA SUIS; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIGENE FAMILY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874752705     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01241-12     Document Type: Article

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