Ureaplasma urealyticum binds mannose-binding lectin

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 138-144

  Benstein, Barbara D ^a,d   Ourth, Donald D ^a   Crouse, Dennis T ^b   Radford Shanklin, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mannose binding lectin; MBL; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MANNOSE BINDING C TYPE LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTIN; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; RABBITS; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 4444228352     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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