Structural studies of the surface projections of Chlamydia trachomatis by electron microscopy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1013-1018

  Chang, J J ^a   Leonard, K R ^b   Zhang, Y X ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (China)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030785198     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-12-1013     Document Type: Article

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