Identification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes required for epithelial cell injury

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1249-1262

  Kang, Pil Jung ^a,d   Hauser, Alan R ^a   Apodaca, Gerard ^a,e   Fleiszig, Suzanne M J ^c   Wiener Kronish, Jeanine ^b   Mostov, Keith ^a,b   Engel, Joanne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CYTOTOXICITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030834089     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4311793.x     Document Type: Article

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