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Phosphorylcholine Allows for Evasion of Bactericidal Antibody by Haemophilus influenzae

The human pathogen Haemophilus influenzae has the ability to quickly adapt to different host environments through phase variation of multiple structures on its lipooligosaccharide (LPS), including phosphorylcholine (ChoP). During colonization with H. influenzae, there is a selection for ChoP+ phase...

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Autores principales: Clark, Sarah E., Snow, Julian, Li, Jianjun, Zola, Tracey A., Weiser, Jeffrey N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22396641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002521