Morphological analysis of Chlamydia pneumoniae

Japanese Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Akira ^a   Soejima, Rinzo ^b   Kishimoto, Toshio ^a   Nakajima, Masamitsu ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Button structure; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Hexagonal structure; Pear or round shaped EB; Surface projection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030999519     PISSN: 13407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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