Phenotypic variants of meningococci and their potential in phagocytic interactions: the influence of opacity proteins, pili, PilC and surface sialic acids.

doi:10.1006/mpat.1996.0126

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Phenotypic variants of meningococci and their potential in phagocytic interactions: the influence of opacity proteins, pili, PilC and surface sialic acids.

Microbial pathogenesis - 1 May 1997

McNeil G, Virji M

Abstract excerpt

In previous studies we have examined the roles of meningococcal surface structures (capsule, lipopolysaccharides, pili and opacity proteins: Opa and Opc) in bacterial interactions with human epithelial, endothelial and mononuclear phagocytic cells. In the current investigations, using defined der...

Topics

Antigens, Surface
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Bacterial Proteins
Fimbriae Proteins
Genetic Variation
Humans
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
Neisseria meningitidis
Neutrophils
Phagocytosis
Phenotype
Pili, Sex

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