title: A common conserved amino acid motif module shared by bacterial and intercellular adhesins: bacterial adherence mimicking cell cell recognition?
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, IRIS, Chiron S.p.A., Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, , Italy1.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scarselli
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, IRIS, Chiron S.p.A., Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, , Italy1.
authors.forename: Rino
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rappuoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, 40126 Bologna, , Italy2.
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scarlato
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002450:Cell Communication; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; C429644:Hia adhesin; C102673:Hsf protein, bacteria; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules