Figure 7.
PA20 adhesion to cultured HEp-2 cells. (A) The effect of fliC and 20 mM sodium butyrate on PA20 adhesion to HEp-2 cells. (B) The role of fliC in pchE-induced repression of PA20 adhesion to HEp-2 cells. The calculated mean percentage values (and 95% confidence levels) of the adhered strains were determined following 3 h exposure to HEp-2 cells in EMEM at 37 °C in 5% CO2. Three independent samples (A) and four independent samples (B) were tested in two separate trials. Any two treatment means with no letter in common are significantly different (p < 0.05).