Major host factors involved in epithelial cell invasion of Campylobacter jejuni: role of fibronectin, integrin beta1, FAK, Tiam-1, and DOCK180 in activating Rho GTPase Rac1.

"Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest."

"We thank Ina Schleicher for excellent technical assistance, and Drs. Martin Blaser (New York University, USA), Michael Konkel (Pullman University, USA) and Patricia Guerry (Fayetteville State University, USA) for providing C. jejuni strains and mutants, respectively. We are also very grateful to Drs. David Schlaepfer (University of California, USA) and Staffan Johannsson (Uppsala University, Sweden) for providing FAK−/− and GD25 knockout cells as well as several plasmid constructs. The work of Steffen Backert is supported through a SFI grant (UCD 09/IN.1/B2609)."