Role of lipooligosaccharide in the attachment of Moraxella catarrhalis to human pharyngeal epithelial cells

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 931-935

  Akgul, Gulcan ^a   Erturk, Ali ^a   Turkoz, Mustafa ^a   Turan, Tolga ^a   Ichinose, Akitoyo ^b   Nagatake, Tsuyoshi ^b   Ahmed, Kamruddin ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment; Lipooligosaccharide; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; EPITOPE; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 27544450778     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03685.x     Document Type: Article

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