Moraxella catarrhalis binding to host cellular receptors is mediated by sequence-specific determinants not conserved among all UspA1 protein variants

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 5322-5329

  Brooks, Michael J ^a   Sedillo, Jennifer L ^b   Wagner, Nikki ^b   Wang, Wei ^b   Attia, Ahmed S ^b,c   Wong, Henry ^a   Laurence, Cassie A ^b   Hansen, Eric J ^b   Gray Owen, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 5; CELL RECEPTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UBIQUITOUS SURFACE PROTEIN A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN VARIANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 55849143614     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00572-08     Document Type: Article

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