Pathogenic mechanisms of Neisseria meningitidis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 797, Issue , 1996, Pages 273-276

  Virji, Mumtaz ^a   Makepeace, Katherine ^a   Peak, Ian R A ^a   Ferguson, David J P ^a   Moxon, E Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; INTEGRIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030464848     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52976.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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