Cytotoxic-T-lymphocyte-mediated cytolysis of L cells persistently infected with Chlamydia spp.

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1944-1949

  Rasmussen, Stephanie J ^a,b,c   Timms, Peter ^b   Beatty, P Robert ^a,c   Stephens, Richard S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0030010927     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1944-1949.1996     Document Type: Article

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