The position of phosphorylcholine on the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae affects binding and sensitivity to C-reactive protein-mediated killing

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 234-245

  Lysenko, Elena ^a   Richards, James C ^b   Cox, Andrew D ^b   Stewart, Andrea ^b   Martin, Adele ^b   Kapoor, Miki ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; EPITOPE; HEPTOSE; HEXOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033977680     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01707.x     Document Type: Article

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