Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pili Composed of Sequence Invariable Pilins Are Masked by Multisite Glycosylation

Sequence, distribution and chromosomal context of class I and class II pilin genes of Neisseria meningitidis identified in whole genome sequences

(2014) Mirka E Wörmann et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Pathogenic Neisseria meningitidis utilizes CD147 for vascular colonization

(2014) Sandra C Bernard et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

The Use of High-Throughput DNA Sequencing in the Investigation of Antigenic Variation: Application to Neisseria Species

(2014) John K. Davies et al.   PLoS One

Complete posttranslational modification mapping of pathogenicNeisseria meningitidispilins requires top-down mass spectrometry

(2014) Joseph Gault et al.   PROTEOMICS

Emergence of a New Epidemic Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A Clone in the African Meningitis Belt: High-Resolution Picture of Genomic Changes That Mediate Immune Evasion

(2014) A. Lamelas et al.   mBio

Recombinant truncated AniA of pathogenic Neisseria elicits a non-native immune response and functional blocking antibodies

(2013) Lucy K. Shewell et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Allelic Variation in a Simple Sequence Repeat Element of Neisserial pglB2 and Its Consequences for Protein Expression and Protein Glycosylation

(2013) R. Viburiene et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A combined mass spectrometry strategy for complete posttranslational modification mapping ofNeisseria meningitidismajor pilin

(2013) Joseph Gault et al.   JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

Proteoform: a single term describing protein complexity

(2013) Lloyd M Smith et al.   NATURE METHODS

P-fimbriae in the presence of anti-PapA antibodies: new insight of antibodies action against pathogens

(2013) Narges Mortezaei et al.   Scientific Reports

Dual Pili Post-translational Modifications Synergize to Mediate Meningococcal Adherence to Platelet Activating Factor Receptor on Human Airway Cells

(2013) Freda E. C. Jen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to Dermal Vessels Leads to Local Vascular Damage and Purpura in a Humanized Mouse Model

(2013) Keira Melican et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Meningococcal PilV Potentiates Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pilus-Mediated Internalization into Human Endothelial and Epithelial Cells

(2012) Hideyuki Takahashi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Type IV Pilin Proteins: Versatile Molecular Modules

(2012) Carmen L. Giltner et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Insights into type IV pilus biogenesis and dynamics from genetic analysis of a C-terminally tagged pilin: a role forO-linked glycosylation

(2012) Åshild Vik et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilin glycan contributes to CR3 activation during challenge of primary cervical epithelial cells

(2011) Michael P. Jennings et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pseudomonas aeruginosad-Arabinofuranose Biosynthetic Pathway and Its Role in Type IV Pilus Assembly

(2011) Hanjeong Harvey et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Genetic and molecular analyses reveal an evolutionary trajectory for glycan synthesis in a bacterial protein glycosylation system

(2011) B. Borud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Posttranslational Modification of Pili upon Cell Contact Triggers N. meningitidis Dissemination

(2011) J. Chamot-Rooke et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic, Structural, and Antigenic Analyses of Glycan Diversity in the O-Linked Protein Glycosylation Systems of Human Neisseria Species

(2010) B. Borud et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Frequency and Rate of Pilin Antigenic Variation of Neisseria meningitidis

(2010) R. A. Helm et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sequence conservation of pilus subunits in Neisseria meningitidis

(2010) Ana Cehovin et al.   VACCINE

Identification of genes involved in the assembly and attachment of a novel flagellinN-linked tetrasaccharide important for motility in the archaeonMethanococcus maripaludis

(2009) David J. VanDyke et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Meningococcal carriage and disease—Population biology and evolution

(2009) Dominique A. Caugant et al.   VACCINE

Type IV pili: e pluribus unum?

(2008) Vladimir Pelicic   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Accurate NMR Structures Through Minimization of an Extended Hybrid Energy

(2008) Michael Nilges et al.   STRUCTURE