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  Human colonic epithelial cells, HT29/C1, treated with crude Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxin dramatically alter their morphology.

  C S Weikel, F D Grieco, J Reuben, L L Myers, R B Sack
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  Response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to pyocyanin: mechanisms of resistance, antioxidant defenses, and demonstration of a manganese-cofactored superoxide dismutase.

  D J Hassett, L Charniga, K Bean, D E Ohman, M S Cohen
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  Secretory immune responses to Mycoplasma pulmonis.

  M J Steffen, J L Ebersole
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  Characterization of inhibition of Mycobacterium avium replication in macrophages by normal human serum.

  G S Douvas, M H May, E Ross, A J Crowle
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  Influence of calcium on secretion and activity of the cytolysins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.

  L A van Leengoed, H W Dickerson
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  Induction of a putative laminin-binding protein of Streptococcus gordonii in human infective endocarditis.

  P Sommer, C Gleyzal, S Guerret, J Etienne, J A Grimaud
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  Human platelet aggregation by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is mediated by invasin.

  M Simonet, P Triadou, C Frehel, M C Morel-Kopp, C Kaplan, P Berche
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  Comparison of hemagglutinating pili of Haemophilus influenzae type b with similar structures of nontypeable H. influenzae.

  J R Gilsdorf, H Y Chang, K W McCrea, L O Bakaletz
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  Pore-forming ability of major outer membrane proteins from Wolinella recta ATCC 33238.

  W L Kennell, C Egli, R E Hancock, S C Holt
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  Characterization of an 18,000-molecular-weight outer membrane protein of Haemophilus ducreyi that contains a conserved surface-exposed epitope.

  S M Spinola, G E Griffiths, J Bogdan, M A Menegus
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  Identification of a genetic locus essential for capsule sialylation in type III group B streptococci.

  M R Wessels, R F Haft, L M Heggen, C E Rubens
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  Circulating and localized immune complexes in experimental mycoplasma-induced arthritis-associated ocular inflammation.

  C E Thirkill, N K Tyler, A M Roth
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  Role of Vibrio cholerae neuraminidase in the function of cholera toxin.

  J E Galen, J M Ketley, A Fasano, S H Richardson, S S Wasserman, J B Kaper
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  Isolation and expression of a gene which encodes a wall-associated proteinase of Coccidioides immitis.

  G T Cole, S W Zhu, L L Hsu, D Kruse, K R Seshan, F Wang
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  Cloning of a gene (zot) encoding a new toxin produced by Vibrio cholerae.

  B Baudry, A Fasano, J Ketley, J B Kaper
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  Non-O1 Vibrio cholerae intestinal pathology and invasion in the removable intestinal tie adult rabbit diarrhea model.

  R G Russell, B D Tall, J G Morris
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  Involvement of Pf155/RESA and cross-reactive antigens in Plasmodium falciparum merozoite invasion in vitro.

  B Wåhlin, A Sjölander, N Ahlborg, R Udomsangpetch, A Scherf, D Mattei, K Berzins, P Perlmann
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  Role of gamma interferon and tumor necrosis factor alpha in resistance to Salmonella typhimurium infection.

  C Nauciel, F Espinasse-Maes
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  Demonstration of a B-lymphocyte mitogen produced by the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi.

  R Schoenfeld, B Araneo, Y Ma, L M Yang, J J Weis
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  Effect of parenteral immunization on the intestinal immune response to Salmonella typhi Ty21a.

  B D Forrest, J T LaBrooy, C E Dearlove, D J Shearman
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  Vibrio cholerae hemagglutinin/protease, colonial variation, virulence, and detachment.

  R A Finkelstein, M Boesman-Finkelstein, Y Chang, C C Häse
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  Protective local and systemic antibody responses of swine exposed to an aerosol of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

  J T Bossé, R P Johnson, M Nemec, S Rosendal
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  An enzymatic mutant of Shiga-like toxin II variant is a vaccine candidate for edema disease of swine.

  V M Gordon, S C Whipp, H W Moon, A D O'Brien, J E Samuel
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  Virulence of non-type 1-fimbriated and nonfimbriated nonflagellated Salmonella typhimurium mutants in murine typhoid fever.

  H A Lockman, R Curtiss
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  Characterization of a cellular protease that cleaves Pseudomonas exotoxin.

  C Fryling, M Ogata, D FitzGerald
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  Enhancement of mucosal antibody responses to Salmonella typhimurium and the microbial hapten phosphorylcholine in mice with X-linked immunodeficiency by B-cell precursors from the peritoneal cavity.

  S S Pecquet, C Ehrat, P B Ernst
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  Isolation and characterization of toxin A excretion-deficient mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.

  A N Hamood, D E Ohman, S E West, B H Iglewski
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  Characterization of the neurotoxin isolated from a Clostridium baratii strain implicated in infant botulism.

  J A Giménez, M A Giménez, B R DasGupta
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  Endogenous tumor necrosis factor, interleukin-6, and gamma interferon levels during Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice.

  A Nakane, A Numata, T Minagawa
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  Cloning and expression of a Serpula (Treponema) hyodysenteriae hemolysin gene.

  S Muir, M B Koopman, S J Libby, L A Joens, F Heffron, J G Kusters
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  Comparison of the safety and immunogenicity of delta aroC delta aroD and delta cya delta crp Salmonella typhi strains in adult volunteers.

  C O Tacket, D M Hone, R Curtiss, S M Kelly, G Losonsky, L Guers, A M Harris, R Edelman, M M Levine
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  Molecular and cellular characterization of the 29-kilodalton peripheral membrane protein of Entamoeba histolytica: differentiation between pathogenic and nonpathogenic isolates.

  S L Reed, B M Flores, M A Batzer, M A Stein, V L Stroeher, J E Carlton, D L Diedrich, B E Torian
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  Virulence of Streptococcus suis type 2 strains in newborn germfree pigs depends on phenotype.

  U Vecht, H J Wisselink, J E van Dijk, H E Smith
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  Myosin-cross-reactive epitope of Shigella flexneri invasion plasmid antigen B.

  E V Oaks, K R Turbyfill
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  Molecular chimerization of Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin to interleukin-2: effects on cytokine and antigen function.

  H P Hughes, M Campos, A A Potter, L A Babiuk
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  A vir-repressed gene of Bordetella pertussis is required for virulence.

  D T Beattie, R Shahin, J J Mekalanos
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  Avian P1 antigens inhibit agglutination mediated by P fimbriae of uropathogenic Escherichia coli.

  J R Johnson, J L Swanson, M A Neill
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  Comparative immunogenicity of conjugates composed of the Staphylococcus aureus type 8 capsular polysaccharide bound to carrier proteins by adipic acid dihydrazide or N-succinimidyl-3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate.

  A Fattom, J Shiloach, D Bryla, D Fitzgerald, I Pastan, W W Karakawa, J B Robbins, R Schneerson
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  Antigenic diversity in Haemophilus ducreyi as shown by western blot (immunoblot) analysis.

  E L Roggen, S De Breucker, E van Dyck, P Piot
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  In vitro inactivation of bacterial endotoxin by human lipoproteins and apolipoproteins.

  K Emancipator, G Csako, R J Elin
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  Genetic association of mating types and virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans.

  K J Kwon-Chung, J C Edman, B L Wickes
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  Helicobacter mustelae isolation from feces of ferrets: evidence to support fecal-oral transmission of a gastric Helicobacter.

  J G Fox, B J Paster, F E Dewhirst, N S Taylor, L L Yan, P J Macuch, L M Chmura
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  Identification of the protective 44-kilodalton recombinant antigen of Ehrlichia risticii.

  B Shankarappa, S K Dutta, B Mattingly-Napier
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  Insertion sequence IS1016 and absence of Haemophilus capsulation genes in the Brazilian purpuric fever clone of Haemophilus influenzae biogroup aegyptius.

  S R Dobson, J S Kroll, E R Moxon
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  Genetic control of immune responses in mice to synthetic peptides of a Streptococcus mutans surface protein antigen.

  I Takahashi, K Matsushita, T Nisizawa, N Okahashi, M W Russell, Y Suzuki, E Munekata, T Koga
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  Comparison of the cytolysin II genetic determinants of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes.

  R Jansen, J Briaire, E M Kamp, M A Smits
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  Human secretory and serum antibodies recognize environmentally induced antigens of Giardia lamblia.

  D S Reiner, F D Gillin
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  Induction of proliferative responses of T cells from Babesia bovis-immune cattle with a recombinant 77-kilodalton merozoite protein (Bb-1).

  C L Tetzlaff, A C Rice-Ficht, V M Woods, W C Brown
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  Topographic mapping of Helicobacter pylori colonization in long-term-infected pigs.

  L Engstrand, K Rosberg, R Hübinette, T Berglindh, W Rolfsen, S Gustavsson
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  Roles of OspA, OspB, and flagellin in protective immunity to Lyme borreliosis in laboratory mice.

  E Fikrig, S W Barthold, N Marcantonio, K Deponte, F S Kantor, R A Flavell
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  Immunization against anthrax with Bacillus anthracis protective antigen combined with adjuvants.

  B E Ivins, S L Welkos, S F Little, M H Crumrine, G O Nelson
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  Mycoplasma pulmonis possesses a novel chemoattractant for B lymphocytes.

  S E Ross, J W Simecka, G P Gambill, J K Davis, G H Cassell
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  Geographically restricted heterogeneity of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein: relevance for vaccine development.

  D L Doolan, A J Saul, M F Good
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  Binding of cultured mammalian cells to immobilized bacteria.

  J M Leong, L Moitoso de Vargas, R R Isberg
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  Clustering of an outer membrane adhesin of Haemophilus parainfluenzae.

  W F Liljemark, C G Bloomquist, C H Lai
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  Molecular cloning of the recA gene and construction of a recA strain of Francisella novicida.

  J M Berg, K E Mdluli, F E Nano
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  Residues 20, 22, and 26 determine the subtype specificities of staphylococcal enterotoxins C1 and C2.

  T N Turner, C L Smith, G A Bohach
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  Intracellular growth inhibition of Histoplasma capsulatum induced in murine macrophages by recombinant gamma interferon is not due to a limitation of the supply of methionine or cysteine to the fungus.

  B A Wu-Hsieh, D H Howard
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  Distinct T-cell receptor V beta gene usage by human T lymphocytes stimulated with the streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins and pep M5 protein.

  M A Tomai, P M Schlievert, M Kotb
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  Modified lymphocyte response to mitogens induced by the lipopeptide fragment derived from Mycobacterium avium serovar-specific glycopeptidolipids.

  S K Tassell, M Pourshafie, E L Wright, M G Richmond, W W Barrow
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  Role of superoxide dismutase in resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis to killing by polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

  A Amano, T Ishimoto, H Tamagawa, S Shizukuishi
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  Polyclonal cell activity of a repeat peptide derived from the sequence of an 85-kilodalton surface protein of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes.

  J Pestel, J P Defoort, H Gras-Masse, D Afchain, A Capron, A Tartar, A Ouaissi