Article
Lipopolysaccharides mediate leukotoxin secretion in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Apr 2012
Tang G, Kawai T, Komatsuzawa H, Mintz K P
Abstract excerpt
We previously reported that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) -related sugars are associated with the glycosylation of the collagen adhesin EmaA, a virulence determinant of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. In this study, the role of LPS in the secretion of other virulence factors was investigated. T...
Topics
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Carbohydrate Epimerases
- Exotoxins
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Mutation
- O Antigens
- Vancomycin Resistance
- Virulence Factors