Pathogenic Leptospira species express surface‐exposed proteins belonging to the bacterial immunoglobulin superfamily
Matsunaga J, Barocchi MA, Croda J, Young TA, Sanchez Y, Siqueira I, Bolin CA, Reis MG, Riley LW, Haake DA, Ko AI. Pathogenic Leptospira species express surface‐exposed proteins belonging to the bacterial immunoglobulin superfamily. Molecular Microbiology 2003, 49: 929-946. PMID: 12890019, PMCID: PMC1237129, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03619.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLig proteinsMammalian cell invasionLambda phage clonesLipoprotein signal peptideYersinia pseudotuberculosis invasinSurface-exposed proteinsBacterial immunoglobulin-like domainImmunoglobulin-like domainsHost cell attachmentLeptospira speciesImmunocytochemical electron microscopySurface-expressed proteinsDomain proteinsSaprophytic Leptospira speciesDomain repeatsLeptospiral pathogenesisRNA transcript expressionSignal peptideLig geneLigB genesHost infectionExpression libraryPathogenic Leptospira speciesTandem repeatsBacterial immunoglobulin