Chlamydia trachomatis glycosaminoglycan-dependent and independent attachment to eukaryotic cells

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-30

  Chen, Joseph C R ^a   Stephens, Richard S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Glycosaminoglycan; Heparan sulfate

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN SULFATE; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHOMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031017697     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0087     Document Type: Article

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