Phenotypic variants of meningococci and their potential in phagocytic interactions: The influence of opacity proteins, pili, PilC and surface sialic acids

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 295-304

  McNeil, Gillian ^a   Virji, Mumtaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

monocytes; N. meningitidis; opacity proteins; PilC; pili; polymorphonuclear leucocytes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0031149593     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0126     Document Type: Article

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