Sweet Talk: Protein Glycosylation in Bacterial Interaction With the Host

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 630-641

  Lu, Qiuhe ^a   Li, Shan ^a,b   Shao, Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Arginine glcnacylation; Autotransporters; Bacterial adhesion; Heptosylation; Inflammatory responses; Protein glycosylation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL AUTOTRANSPORTER HEPTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; INFLAMMASOME; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERINE RICH REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GLYCOSYLATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84943639020     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.07.003     Document Type: Review

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