Phase variation in Francisella tularensis affecting intracellular growth, lipopolysaccharide antigenicity and nitric oxide production

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 867-874

  Cowley, Siobhan C ^a   Myltseva, Svetlana V ^a   Nano, Francis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 0029956167     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02524.x     Document Type: Article

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