Mammalian cell entry (Mce) protein of Leptospira interrogans binds extracellular matrix components, plasminogen and β2 integrin

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 586-598

  Cosate, Maria Raquel ^a   Siqueira, Gabriela Hase ^a   de Souza, Gisele Oliveira ^b   Vasconcellos, Silvio Arruda ^b   Nascimento, Ana Lucia T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

infectious disease; integrin; Leptospira interrogans; leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CELL PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MAMMALIAN CELL ENTRY PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 84988484610     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12406     Document Type: Article

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