Differential response of human monocytes to Neisseria gonorrhoeae variants expressing pili and opacity proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4122-4129

  Knepper, Birgit ^a,c   Heuer, Iris ^a   Meyer, Thomas F ^a   Van Putten, Jos P M ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

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

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; LUMINOL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MONOCYTE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030765750     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.10.4122-4129.1997     Document Type: Article

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