Bacterial Capsules

Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Depletion of Complement Has Distinct Effects on the Primary and Secondary Antibody Responses to a Conjugate of Pneumococcal Serotype 14 Capsular Polysaccharide and a T-Cell-Dependent Protein Carrier
Samuel T. Test, Joyce K. Mitsuyoshi, Yong Hu
Molecular Pathogenesis
The pH 6 Antigen Is an Antiphagocytic Factor Produced by Yersinia pestis Independent of Yersinia Outer Proteins and Capsule Antigen
Xiao-Zhe Huang, Luther E. Lindler
Molecular Pathogenesis
Capsule Polysaccharide Mediates Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides
Miguel A. Campos, Miguel A. Vargas, Verónica Regueiro, Catalina M. Llompart, Sebastián Albertí, José A. Bengoechea
Molecular Pathogenesis
The Pathogenicity Island-Associated K15 Capsule Determinant Exhibits a Novel Genetic Structure and Correlates with Virulence in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536
György Schneider, Ulrich Dobrindt, Holger Brüggemann, Gábor Nagy, Britta Janke, Gabriele Blum-Oehler, Carmen Buchrieser, Gerhard Gottschalk, Levente Emödy, Jörg Hacker
Molecular Pathogenesis
The Streptococcus pyogenes Capsule Is Required for Adhesion of Bacteria to Virus-Infected Alveolar Epithelial Cells and Lethal Bacterial-Viral Superinfection
Shigefumi Okamoto, Shigetada Kawabata, Yutaka Terao, Hideaki Fujitaka, Yoshinobu Okuno, Shigeyuki Hamada
Molecular Pathogenesis
Characterization of the Antigenic Lipopolysaccharide O Chain and the Capsular Polysaccharide Produced by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Serotype 13
Leann L. MacLean, Malcolm B. Perry, Evguenii Vinogradov
Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions
The Glycan-Rich Outer Layer of the Cell Wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Acts as an Antiphagocytic Capsule Limiting the Association of the Bacterium with Macrophages
Richard W. Stokes, Raymond Norris-Jones, Donald E. Brooks, Terry J. Beveridge, Dan Doxsee, Lisa M. Thorson
Host Response and Inflammation
The Capsule of Bacillus anthracis Behaves as a Thymus-Independent Type 2 Antigen
Taia T. Wang, Alexander H. Lucas
Molecular Pathogenesis
Encapsulated Streptococcus suis Inhibits Activation of Signaling Pathways Involved in Phagocytosis
Mariela Segura, Marcelo Gottschalk, Martin Olivier
Microbial Immunity and Vaccines
Somatic Hypermutation and Diverse Immunoglobulin Gene Usage in the Human Antibody Response to the Capsular Polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae Type 6B
Jianhui Zhou, Kathleen R. Lottenbach, Stephen J. Barenkamp, Donald C. Reason

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