Role of lipooligosaccharide in the attachment of Moraxella catarrhalis to human pharyngeal epithelial cells. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The goal of this study was to determine the role of lipooligosaccharide in the attachment of Moraxella catarrhalis to human pharyngeal epithelial cells. Strain 2951 and its P(k) mutant strain 2951 galE were used in this study. This study suggests that the P(k) epitope of LOS is not an adhesin for M. catarrhalis, but plays a crucial role by its surface charge in the initial stage of attachment.

publication date

  • January 1, 2005

Research

keywords

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Epithelial Cells
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Moraxella catarrhalis
  • Pharynx
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 27544450778

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2005.tb03685.x

PubMed ID

  • 16237271

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 49

issue

  • 10