Structure and assembly of group B streptococcus pilus 2b backbone protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Cozzi, Roberta ^a   Malito, Enrico ^a   Lazzarin, Maddalena ^a   Nuccitelli, Annalisa ^a,b   Castagnetti, Andrea ^a   Bottomley, Matthew J ^a   Margarit, Immaculada ^a   Maione, Domenico ^a   Rinaudo, C Daniela ^a  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PILIN; PILUS BACKBONE PROTEIN 2B; PILUS BACKBONE PROTEIN 2B VACCINE; PLACEBO; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84929096169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125875     Document Type: Article

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