Role of lipopolysaccharide phase variation in susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to bactericidal immunoglobulin M antibodies in rabbit sera

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2804-2807

  Erwin, Alice L ^a,d   Brewah, Yambasu A ^a   Couchenour, Debra A ^a   Barren, Philip R ^a   Burke, Stephen J ^a   Choi, Gil H ^c   Lathigra, Raju ^a   Hanson, Mark S ^a   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 0034114756     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2804-2807.2000     Document Type: Article

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