Evidence that extracellular components function in adherence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to epithelial cells.
Extracellular microvesicles and a highly proteinaceous polymer associated with a leukotoxin-producing strain, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans SUNY 75, were shown to increase adherence of other weakly adherent A. actinomycetemcomitans strains to KB epithelial cells.
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Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
Fives-Taylor
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D016976:Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology*; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007624:KB Cells; D011108:Polymers
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011108:Polymers