Yersinia infection tools-characterization of structure and function of adhesins

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Mikula, Kornelia M ^a,b   Kolodziejczyk, Robert ^a   Goldman, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Bacterial; Outer membrane proteins; Structure function relationship; X ray structure; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia pestis; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADHESIN AIL; ATTACHMENT INVASION LOCUS; FIBRONECTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; INVASIN; LAMININ; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PH6 ANTIGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA ADHESIN A; YERSINIA ADHESIN B; YERSINIA ADHESIN C; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADHESION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTION; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84879425130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00169     Document Type: Review

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