Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pili Composed of Sequence Invariable Pilins Are Masked by Multisite Glycosylation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1-24

  Gault, Joseph ^a,g   Ferber, Mathias ^a   Machata, Silke ^b,c   Imhaus, Anne Flore ^b,c   Malosse, Christian ^a   Charles Orszag, Arthur ^b,c   Millien, Corinne ^b,c   Bouvier, Guillaume ^a   Bardiaux, Benjamin ^a   Péhau Arnaudet, Gérard ^a   Klinge, Kelly ^d   Podglajen, Isabelle ^e   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^f   Seifert, H Steven ^d   Nilges, Michael ^a   Chamot Rooke, Julia ^a   Duménil, Guillaume ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GLYCOSYLATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84943553340     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005162     Document Type: Article

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