Brucella abortus invasion and survival within professional and nonprofessional phagocytes

Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Membranes and Organelles

Volumn 6, Issue C, 1999, Pages 201-232

  Pizarro Cerdá, Javier ^a   Moreno, Edgardo ^a   Gorvel, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

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EID: 0000626267     PISSN: 18745172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1874-5172(99)80013-3     Document Type: Review

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