Invasion of primary nasopharyngeal epithelial cells by Neisseria meningitidis is controlled by phase variation of multiple surface antigens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2998-3006

  De Vries, F P ^a,b,d   Van der Ende, A ^a   Van Putten, J P M ^b,c   Dankert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENTAMICIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030017276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.8.2998-3006.1996     Document Type: Article

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