Biological activities of lipopolysaccharide of Burkholderia (Pseudomonas) pseudomallei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-83

  Matsuura, Motohiro ^a   Kawahara, Kazuyoshi ^b   Ezaki, Takayuki ^c   Nakano, Masayasu ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Endotoxin; Lipopolysaccharide; Pseudomonas pseudomallei

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PYROGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SPLEEN CELL; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0029990023     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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