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The Hag protein of Moraxella catarrhalis strain O35E is associated with adherence to human lung and middle ear cells.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 2003
Holm Melissa M, Vanlerberg Serena L, Sledjeski Darren D, Lafontaine Eric R
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have demonstrated that the Moraxella catarrhalis surface antigen UspA1 is an adhesin for Chang human conjunctival cells. The present report demonstrates that lack of UspA1 expression does not affect the adherence of strain O35E to A549 human lung cells or primary cultures of huma...
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