Anaplasma phagocytophilum outer membrane protein a interacts with sialylated glycoproteins to promote infection of mammalian host cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3748-3760

  Ojogun, Nore ^a   Kahlon, Amandeep ^a   Ragland, Stephanie A ^a   Troese, Matthew J ^a,d   Mastronunzio, Juliana E ^b   Walker, Naomi J ^c   Viebrock, Lauren ^a   Thomas, Rachael J ^a,e   Borjesson, Dori L ^c   Fikrig, Erol ^b   Carlyon, Jason A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MB Research Laboratories   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTISERUM; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; SIALIDASE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; TRYPSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC ANAPLASMOSIS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TICK; UPREGULATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; EHRLICHIOSIS; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TICKS;

EID: 84867619215     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00654-12     Document Type: Article

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