Sialic Acid Residues Mediate Mycoplasma pneumoniae Attachment to Human and Sheep Erythrocytes
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 38 (1) , 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.38.1.389-391.1982
Abstract
The adherence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae to human and sheep erythrocytes was directly related to the presence of sialyl residues on the erythrocytes. Competitive binding studies between M. pneumoniae and M. gallisepticum , known to bind to human erythrocytes via glycophorin, further reinforced the role of sialic acid in this recognition event.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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