Fimbria-associated adhesin of Bacteroides loeschei that recognizes receptors on procaryotic and eucaryotic cells.
Inhibition studies with a set of adhesin-specific monoclonal antibodies and various sugars revealed that a fimbria-associated adhesin of Bacteroides loeschei recognizes receptors on both procaryotic and eucaryotic cells. These interactions permit this bacterium to attach to both types of cells, producing coaggregates in the presence of strains of Streptococcus sanguis and hemagglutination in the presence of neuraminidase-treated human erythrocytes.
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Goldschlager School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel.
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D000190:Actinomyces / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000502:physiology*; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010527:Perissodactyla; D011817:Rabbits; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000502:physiology*; D013298:Streptococcus sanguis / Q000502:physiology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C047105:bacterial adhesin receptor