An ultrastructural study of the phagocytosis of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Microbios

Volumn 94, Issue 377, 1998, Pages 35-45

  Harley, V S ^a   Dance, D A B ^b   Tovey, G ^a   McCrossan, M V ^a   Drasar, B S ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis; Phagocytosis; Phagosome membrane loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN U937; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYSOSOME; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; THAILAND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL LINE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOMES; THAILAND; U937 CELLS;

EID: 0031610305     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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