Adaptation of Haemophilus influenzae to acquired and innate humoral immunity based on phase variation of lipopolysaccharide

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 767-775

  Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a   Pan, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLIPID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031769162     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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