Figure 1

Streptococcus pneumoniae interaction with mammalian proteins. FITC labeled bacteria from the R6 and TIGR4 strains were tested for their interaction with several components of the host, extracellular matrix component, circulating proteins or immunity related proteins. BSA is used as a negative control. One representative experiment is presented in each case. (a) R6 binding pattern. Error bars correspond to the standard deviation of quadruplicates within each sample. (b) Comparison of TIGR4 and R6 and binding pattern. The relative values (residual BSA blank subtracted) are presented for comprehensive comparison of the binding patterns.