Molecular and cellular biology of pneumococcal infection

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-308

  Tuomanen, Elaine I ^a,b   Masure, H Robert ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Jude Children's Research Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031406266     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1997.3.297     Document Type: Review

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