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Maini Kukkonen

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Publications

13

Citations

794

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Active since

1992

Affiliations

University of Helsinki(Current)

Helsinki Institute of Physics

Karolinska Institutet

Research Center Borstel - Leibniz Lung Center

Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland

Maini Kukkonen is an author at University of Helsinki specializing in life sciences, microbiology, and host-pathogen interactions.

Publications per year

1992–2013

13

Publications

13

Lack of O‐antigen is essential for plasminogen activation by <i>Yersinia pestis</i> and <i>Salmonella enterica</i>

Maini Kukkonen, Marjo Suomalainen, Päivi Kyllönen et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2003 · 129 citations · Full text

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Protein regions important for plasminogen activation and inactivation of α<sub>2</sub>‐antiplasmin in the surface protease Pla of <i>Yersinia pestis</i>

Maini Kukkonen, Kaarina Lähteenmäki, Marjo Suomalainen et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2001 · 124 citations

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Basement membrane carbohydrate as a target for bacterial adhesion: binding of type I fimbriae of <i>Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli</i> to laminin

Maini Kukkonen, Tiina Raunio, Ritva Virkola et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1993 · 113 citations

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The Pla surface protease/adhesin of <i>Yersinia pestis</i> mediates bacterial invasion into human endothelial cells

Kaarina Lähteenmäki, Maini Kukkonen, Timo Korhonen · FEBS Letters · 2001 · 98 citations

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Bacterial plasminogen receptors: in vitro evidence for a role in degradation of the mammalian extracellular matrix

Kaarina Lähteenmäki, Ritva Virkola, Riitta Pouttu et al. · Infection and Immunity · 1995 · 86 citations · Full text

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