A hag mutant of Moraxella catarrhalis strain O35E is deficient in hemagglutination, autoagglutination, and immunoglobulin D-binding activities

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4523-4533

  Pearson, Melanie M ^a   Lafontaine, Eric R ^a   Wagner, Nikki J ^a   St Geme III, Joseph W ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; PROTEIN HAG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D; MICE; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

EID: 0036073628     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4523-4533.2002     Document Type: Article

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