FIG. 5.

Contribution of laminin carbohydrate moieties to recombinant Tp0751-laminin interaction. Shown is a bar graph representing Tp0751 attachment to untreated laminin (0 mM bar) and laminin treated with various concentrations of sodium metaperiodate (5 to 100 mM). Each bar represents the mean absorbance (Abs.) value at 600 nm ± the standard deviation for three wells, and the results are representative of three independent experiments. Shown above each bar is the percent reduction in recombinant Tp0751 attachment to sodium metaperiodate-treated laminin as a function of the sodium metaperiodate concentration. The data are expressed as percent reduction in attachment compared to the level of attachment to untreated laminin. In each case (*), the P value, as measured by the Student two-tailed t test, was ≤0.0009.