Neisserial porins may provide critical second signals to polysaccharide- activated murine B cells for induction of immunoglobulin secretion

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3203-3208

  Snapper, Clifford M ^a   Rosas, Fabio R ^a   Kehry, Marilyn R ^c   Mond, James J ^b   Wetzler, Lee M ^d  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEXTRAN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYSACCHARIDE; PORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030759230     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3203-3208.1997     Document Type: Article

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