The number of Neisseria meningitidis type IV pili determines host cell interaction

EMBO Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1767-1783

  Imhaus, Anne Flore ^a,b   Duménil, Guillaume ^a,b  

^a PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

adhesion; infectious disease; meningitis; septicemia; type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MENINGITIS; SEPTICEMIA; TYPE IV PILI;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERIPLASM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84905749815     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201488031     Document Type: Article

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