Moraxella catarrhalis strain O35E expresses two filamentous hemagglutinin-like proteins that mediate adherence to human epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2765-2775

  Balder, Rachel ^a,b   Hassel, Jonathan ^a   Lipski, Serena ^a   Lafontaine, Eric R ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN HMW1; PROTEIN HMW2; PROTEIN MHAB1; PROTEIN MHAB2; PROTEIN MHAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MHAB1 GENE; MHAB2 GENE; MHAC GENE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS;

EID: 34249913432     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00079-07     Document Type: Article

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