Bacteroides fragilis toxin exhibits polar activity on monolayers of human intestinal epithelial cells (T84 cells) in vitro

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3561-3570

  Chambers, Frances G ^a   Koshy, Sherin S ^a   Saidi, Roxan F ^a   Clark, Douglas P ^a   Moore, Richard D ^a   Sears, Cynthia L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CHLORIDE ION; F ACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030921889     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3561-3570.1997     Document Type: Article

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