| Literature DB >> 7380548 |
D J Schmeling, P K Peterson, I M Barr, Y Kim, P G Quie.
Abstract
Although encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus M is not opsonized by normal human serum, as a chemotaxigen this organism behaved similarly to an unencapsulated variant strain. For optimal chemotaxigenesis, an intact classical complement pathway was required, and C5a appeared to be the major chemotaxin.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7380548 PMCID: PMC550823 DOI: 10.1128/iai.27.2.700-703.1980
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441