Hyaluronic acid capsule modulates interactions of Group A streptococci with human epidermal keratinocytes

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 418, Issue , 1997, Pages 517-523

  Schrager, Harry M ^a   Wessels, Michael R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; INTERNALIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0030830126     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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