Neisseria meningitidis producing the Opc adhesin binds epithelial cell proteoglycan receptors
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 27 (6), 1203-1212
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00763.x
Abstract
Neisseria meningitidis possesses a repertoire of surface adhesins that promote bacterial adherence to and entry into mammalian cells. Here, we have identified heparan sulphate proteoglycans as epith...Keywords
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