Truncation of fibronectin-binding proteins in Staphylococcus aureus strain newman leads to deficient adherence and host cell invasion due to loss of the cell wall anchor function

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7155-7163

  Grundmeier, Matthias ^a   Hussain, Muzaffar ^a   Becker, Petra ^a   Heilmann, Christine ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Sinha, Bhanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; FIBRONECTIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; SORTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STOP CODON;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; CODON, TERMINATOR; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 9244264431     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7155-7163.2004     Document Type: Article

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