Identification of a supramolecular functional architecture of Streptococcus mutans adhesin P1 on the bacterial cell

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 9002-9019

  Heim, Kyle P ^a   Sullan, Ruby May A ^b,c   Crowley, Paula J ^a   El Kirat Chatel, Sofiane ^b   Beaussart, Audrey ^b   Tang, Wenxing ^a   Besingi, Richard ^a   Dufrene, Yves F ^b   Brady, L Jeannine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; ARCHITECTURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; EPITOPES; MOLECULES; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

C-TERMINAL FRAGMENTS; FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE; MECHANICAL EXTRACTION; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES (MABS); SINGLE MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ORGANIZATIONS;

CELLS;

ADHESIN; ADHESIN P1; EPITOPE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1 6F; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 5 5D; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 6 11A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 6 8C; POLYPEPTIDE; SALIVARY AGGLUTININ COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84926434323     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.626663     Document Type: Article

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