Single-molecule atomic force microscopy unravels the binding mechanism of a Burkholderia cenocepacia trimeric autotransporter adhesin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 649-659

  El Kirat Chatel, Sofiane ^a   Mil Homens, Dalila ^b   Beaussart, Audrey ^a   Fialho, Arsenio M ^b   Dufrêne, Yves F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BCAM0224 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM AGGREGATION; BCAM0224 GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SINGLE MOLECULE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; NEGIBACTERIA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PNEUMOCYTES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 84881545645     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12301     Document Type: Article

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