Identification of a Moraxella catarrhalis gene that confers adherence to various human epithelial cell lines in vitro

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-213

  Lipski, Serena L ^a   Holm, Melissa M ^a   Lafontaine, Eric R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence factor; Biofilm; Moraxella catarrhalis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LARYNX; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MCMA GENE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS;

EID: 33846313976     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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