Interaction of Haemophilus influenzae with the mammalian extracellular matrix

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1137-1147

  Virkola, Ritva ^b   Lähteenmäki, Kaarina ^b   Eberhard, Thomas ^b   Kuusela, Pentti ^b   Van Alphen, Lock ^b   Ullberg, Måns ^b   Korhonen, Timo K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIMBRIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030003263     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1137     Document Type: Article

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