Streptococcus agalactiae capsule polymer length and attachment is determined by the proteins CpsABCD

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 9521-9532

  Toniolo, Chiara ^a   Balducci, Evita ^a   Romano, Maria Rosaria ^a   Proietti, Daniela ^a   Ferlenghi, Ilaria ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a   Berti, Francesco ^a   Ros, Immaculada Margarit Y ^a   Janulczyk, Robert ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL CELL SURFACE; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; EXTRACELLULAR DOMAINS; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDE COMPOSITION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VACCINE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATASE; POLYMER; PROTEIN CPSA; PROTEIN CPSB; PROTEIN CPSC; PROTEIN CPSD; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TYROSINE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84927144361     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.631499     Document Type: Article

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