Biological properties of staphylococcal lipoteichoic acid and related macromolecules.
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.
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Department of Microbiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan.
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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*
D000954:Antigens, Surface; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013682:Teichoic Acids; C009900:lipoteichoic acid