title: Biological properties of staphylococcal lipoteichoic acid and related macromolecules.
abstract: Lipoteichoic acids (LTAs) and related macromolecules (e.g. cell surface substance, CSS; cell surface antigen, CSA; cell surface complex, CSC) are a group of phosphate-containing polymers associated with the cell walls of Gram-positive bacteria (32). They may be considered as surface-reactive antigens (immunogens, biological response modyfiers) as well as membrane components which mediate the attachment of certain bacteria (S. saprophyticus, S. aureus, group A streptococci) to host cell tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohshima
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beuth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Roszkowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Roszkowski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013682:Teichoic Acids; C009900:lipoteichoic acid