Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum TP0136 protein is heterogeneous among isolates and binds cellular and plasma fibronectin via its NH2-terminal end.

• Egile Nagusiak: Wujian Ke (Egilea), Barbara J Molini (Egilea), Sheila A Lukehart (Egilea), Lorenzo Giacani (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Adherence-mediated colonization plays an important role in pathogenesis of microbial infections, particularly those caused by extracellular pathogens responsible for systemic diseases, such as Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum), the agent of syphilis. Among T. pallidum adhesins, TP0136...