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. 1985 Jan;47(1):332–334. doi: 10.1128/iai.47.1.332-334.1985

Interaction of bifidobacterial lipoteichoic acid with human intestinal epithelial cells.

H J Op den Camp, A Oosterhof, J H Veerkamp
PMCID: PMC261519  PMID: 3965407

Abstract

Binding of the lipoteichoic acids of Bifidobacterium bifidum to human colonic epithelial cells appeared to be specific, reversible, and cell concentration and time dependent. A single population of approximately 8.3 X 10(8) binding sites per cell was detected, with a dissociation constant of 125 microM. Ester-linked fatty acids are essential for binding.

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