Characterization of two new putative adhesins of Leptospira interrogans

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 37-51

  Figueredo, Jupciana M ^a,b   Siqueira, Gabriela H ^a,b   De Souza, Gisele O ^b   Heinemann, Marcos B ^b   Vasconcellos, Silvio A ^b   Chapola, Erica G B ^c   Nascimento, Ana L T O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Leptospira; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; LAMININ; PERIODATE SODIUM; PLASMINOGEN; PROTEINASE K; UROKINASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PLASMIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IONIC STRENGTH; KRINGLE DOMAIN; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIN; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMINOGEN; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 85013889627     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000411     Document Type: Article

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