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SUBMITTER: Kuwae A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3128610 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kuwae Asaomi A Sjölinder Hong H Eriksson Jens J Eriksson Sara S Chen Yao Y Jonsson Ann-Beth AB
PloS one 20110701 7
Bacterial auto-aggregation is a critical step during adhesion of N. meningitidis to host cells. The precise mechanisms and functions of bacterial auto-aggregation still remain to be fully elucidated. In this work, we characterize the role of a meningococcal hypothetical protein, NMB0995/NMC0982, and show that this protein, here denoted NafA, acts as an anti-aggregation factor. NafA was confirmed to be surface exposed and was found to be induced at a late stage of bacterial adherence to epithelia ...[more]