Article
Evidence for functionally distinct pili expressed by Neisseria meningitidis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 1991
Pinner R W, Spellman P A, Stephens D S
Abstract excerpt
In order to investigate possible functional consequences of phase and antigenic variation of meningococci, the attachment of 15 strains of Neisseria meningitidis to human erythrocytes was studied by a nitrocellulose hemadsorption assay. This assay allows the study of individual meningococcal colonies with respect to erythrocyte attachment. Of the 15 strains studied, 7 demonstrated binding of human erythrocytes...
Topics
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Blotting, Western
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Erythrocytes
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Humans
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae