Phosphorylcholine on the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae contributes to persistence in the respiratory tract and sensitivity to serum killing mediated by C-reactive protein

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 631-640

  Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a,d   Pan, Nina ^a   McGowan, Karin L ^a   Musher, Daniel ^b   Martin, Adèle ^c   Richards, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; EPITOPE; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SECRETION; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; RATS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0032536372     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.4.631     Document Type: Article

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