Sialic acid transport in Haemophilus influenzae is essential for lipopolysaccharide sialylation and serum resistance and is dependent on a novel tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter.

Sialylation of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is an important mechanism used by the human pathogen Haemophilus influenzae to evade the innate immune response of the host. We have demonstrated that N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac or sialic acid) uptake in H. influenzae is essential for the subsequent m...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Severi, E, Randle, G, Kivlin, P, Whitfield, K, Young, R, Moxon, R, Kelly, D, Hood, D, Thomas, G
Materialtyp: Journal article
Språk:English
Publicerad: 2005

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