Pilus-mediated adherence of Haemophilus influenzae to human respiratory mucins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3362-3367

  Kubiet, Martin ^a   Ramphal, Reuben ^a   Weber, Allan ^b   Smith, Arnold ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE CLUSTER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MUCINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0034074697     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3362-3367.2000     Document Type: Article

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