Article
Variations in the expression of pili: the effect on adherence of Neisseria meningitidis to human epithelial and endothelial cells.
Molecular microbiology - 1 May 1992
Virji M, Alexandrescu C, Ferguson D J, Saunders J R, Moxon E R
Abstract excerpt
The effect of variations in Neisseria meningitidis pili on bacterial interactions with three epithelial cell lines as well as human umbilical vein endothelial cells was studied using a panel of seven strains expressing Class I or Class II pili. Comparison of adherence of piliated and pilus-defici...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Cells, Cultured
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Epithelial Cells
- Epithelium
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Humans
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Phenotype
- Species Specificity
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Umbilical Veins