Secondary cell wall polymers of Enterococcus faecalis are critical for resistance to complement activation via mannose-binding lectin

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 37769-37777

  Geiss Liebisch, Stefan ^a   Rooijakkers, Suzan H M ^b   Beczala, Agnieszka ^c   Sanchez Carballo, Patricia ^c   Kruszynska, Karolina ^a   Repp, Christian ^a   Sakinc, Tuerkan ^a   Vinogradov, Evgeny ^d   Holst, Otto ^c   Huebner, Johannes ^a,e   Theilacker, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Leibniz Centers for Medicine and Biosciences   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BACILLI; BIOCHEMISTRY;

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EVASION STRATEGY; MANNOSE BINDING LECTINS; SECONDARY CELL WALL POLYMERS; TEICHOIC ACID;

PROTEINS;

EID: 84868312936     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.358283     Document Type: Article

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