Hag mediates adherence of Moraxella catarrhalis to ciliated human airway cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4597-4608

  Balder, Rachel ^a   Krunkosky, Thomas M ^a   Nguyen, Chi Q ^a   Feezel, Lacey ^a   Lafontaine, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HAG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CILIARY MOTILITY; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LASER MICROSCOPY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADULT; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70349411629     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00212-09     Document Type: Article

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