title: Specificity of the complement resistance and cell association phenotypes encoded by the outer membrane protein genes rck from Salmonella typhimurium and ail from Yersinia enterocolitica.
abstract: Virulence-associated phenotypes of an outer membrane protein gene family of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae were compared by means of pBR322 constructs transformed into Escherichia coli HB101.rck (Salmonella typhimurium) and ail (Yersinia enterocolitica) promote serum resistance and eukaryotic cell invasion, properties not shared by other members of the gene family, pagC, ompX, and lom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Heffernan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fierer
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Guiney
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity; D016466:CHO Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D006224:Cricetinae; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014170:Transformation, Genetic; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D003165:Complement System Proteins