Interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with A549 pneumocyte cells.

doi:10.1128/iai.59.3.822-828.1991

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Interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with A549 pneumocyte cells.

Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 1991

Chi E, Mehl T, Nunn D, Lory S

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The interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a human lung pneumocyte cell line (A549) was studied. Wild-type strain PAK adhered efficiently to the A549 cells, while an isogenic mutant, carrying a mutation in the pilin structural gene, adhered at 10 to 20% of the wild-type levels. Another nonpil...

Topics

Adhesins, Bacterial
Bacterial Adhesion
Bacterial Proteins
Colony Count, Microbial
Endocytosis
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Humans
Kinetics
Lectins
Lung
Mutation
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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