Binding of human factor H to outer membrane protein P5 of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae contributes to complement resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-106

  Langereis, Jeroen D ^a,b   de Jonge, Marien I ^b   Weiser, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN P5; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H, HUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN P5, HAEMOPHILUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; NONHUMAN; NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; OMPP5 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; GENETICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84907868642     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12741     Document Type: Article

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