Characterization of group B streptococcal invasion in HEp-2 epithelial cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-74

  Valentin Weigand, Peter ^a,b   Jungnitz, Heidrun ^a   Zock, Angela ^a   Rohde, Manfred ^a   Chhatwal, Gursharan S ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

group B streptococci; HEp 2 cells; invasion; streptococci

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CADAVERINE; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; DACTINOMYCIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIUM; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIVER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NOCODAZOLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAUROSPORINE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0031052507     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00506-X     Document Type: Article

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