Relationship between Cell Surface Carbohydrates and Intrastrain Variation on Opsonophagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus pneumoniae undergoes spontaneous phase variation between a transparent and an opaque colony phenotype, the latter being more virulent in a murine model of sepsis. Opaque pneumococci have previously been shown to express lower amounts of C polysaccharide (cell wall teichoic acid) and in...

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Main Authors: Kim, Jean O., Romero-Steiner, Sandra, Sørensen, Uffe B. Skov, Blom, Jens, Carvalho, M., Barnard, S., Carlone, George, Weiser, Jeffrey N.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1999
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Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC115974/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10225891
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