Outer membrane protein OlpA contributes to Moraxella catarrhalis serum resistance via interaction with factor H and the alternative pathway

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1306-1310

  Bernhard, Sara ^a   Fleury, Christophe ^a   Su, Yu Ching ^a   Zipfel, Peter F ^b   Koske, Iris ^a   Nordström, Therése ^a   Riesbeck, Kristian ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Factor H; Moraxella catarrhalis; Serum resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OLPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; SERUM CHARACTERISTICS; SERUM RESISTANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ANTIBODY ASSAY;

FACTOR H; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; SERUM RESISTANCE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; HUMANS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ANTIBODY ASSAY;

EID: 84910011400     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu241     Document Type: Article

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